seafarer

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

seafarer
    n 1: a man who serves as a sailor [syn: {mariner}, {seaman},
         {tar}, {Jack-tar}, {Jack}, {old salt}, {seafarer}, {gob},
         {sea dog}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Seafarer \Sea"far`er\, n. [Sea + fare.]
   One who follows the sea as a business; a mariner; a sailor.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "seafarer":
      AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Neptune, OD,
      Poseidon, Varuna, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, bluejacket,
      buccaneer, deep-sea man, fair-weather sailor, fisherman, hearty,
      jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacky, limey, lobsterman, mariner,
      matelot, navigator, pirate, privateer, sailor, salt, sea dog,
      sea rover, seafaring man, seaman, shipman, tar, viking, water dog,
      whaler, windjammer, windsailor