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sailor
c.1400,
sailer,
from
sail (v.)
(see
sail
(n.)). Spelling with
-o-
emerged c.1500, probably by influence of
tailor,
etc., to distinguish the meaning "seaman, mariner" from "thing that sails." It replaced much older
seaman, mariner
(q.q.v.).
