seafarer
船員
解説 Definition
船舶で働く人、または海で生計を立てる人。商船や軍艦、漁船など様々な船で勤務する職業人。
A seafarer is a person who travels or works on the sea, especially as part of a ship's crew. It is a general word for sailors and other people whose life or job is connected to the ocean. The word often appears in formal, historical, or literary contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
sea + farer と分けると覚えやすいです。sea は海、farer は「旅する人」で、wayfarer（旅人）と同じ発想なので、「海を行く人」→船員・船乗り。ここで far は「遠い」の意味ではなく、fare / wayfare の系列で「進む・旅する」側だと押さえるのがコツ。sailor と近いですが、seafarer はやや硬めで、商船・軍艦・漁船など海で働く人全般を広く指します。passenger ではなく、life at sea を送る職業人という像で覚えると定着します。
Split it into `sea` + `farer`. `Farer` is related to traveling, like in `wayfarer`, so the whole word feels like “a person who travels by sea.” It is close to `sailor`, but `seafarer` often sounds a little broader or more formal.
例文
The experienced seafarer navigated through the storm.
経験豊かな船員は嵐を通じて航行した。
Many seafarers spend months away from their families.
多くの船員は家族から数ヶ月間離れています。
The old seafarer told tales of his adventures at sea.
老船員は海での冒険の話を語った。
seafarer の類義語・関連語
seafarer の語源・成り立ち Etymology
seafarerは古英語sæ「海」+ faran「進む・旅する」からできた複合語です。farerは「行く人」なので、職名というより「海を行く者」が原義で、海で生きる人の姿が見えます。ferryやwayfarerが同じ語根です。
Seafarer is an English compound from sea and farer. Sea comes from Old English sae, and farer is from the old verb faran, meaning "to go," "travel," or "journey." So the earliest sense was simply "one who goes by sea," before it became a general word for a sailor or voyager. Related words include wayfarer and ferry.
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