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seafaring
(sea|far¦ing)
Pronunciation:
/ˈsiːfɛːrɪŋ/
adjective
(of a person) regularly travelling by sea:
the Danes are an ancient seafaring people
most Latvians now are urban or seafaring
noun
[
mass noun
]
the practice of regularly travelling by sea:
Canadian seafaring is a fraction of what it once was
Derivatives
seafarer
noun
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