seafaring
adjective/ˈsiˌfɛrɪŋ/
Frequency rank: #18,735 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
relating to or involving travel by sea, especially as a regular occupation.
Example sentence
My grandfather spent his life as quite the seafaring man, sailing across every ocean on Earth.
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