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jacktars

jacktars is the plural of jacktar.

Meaning of jacktar

Noun

jacktar (plural jacktars)

  1. (UK) A sailor; especially, one in the Royal Navy.
    • O! the next that steps up is a jolly Jack tar, / He sailed with Lord [Nelson]^([sic]), during last war: / He’s right on the sea, Old England to view: / He’s come a pace-egging with so jolly a crew.1857, “The Masker's Song”, in Robert Bell, editor, Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England
    Synonyms:
    jack, tar

Questions about jacktars

What is jacktars the plural of?
Jacktars is the plural of jacktar.

Words near jacktars in the dictionary

  1. jackstraws
  2. jacksy
  3. jacktan
  4. jacktans
  5. jacktar
  6. jacktars
  7. jacktop
  8. jacktops
  9. jackwad
  10. jackwads
  11. jackwagon

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