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Meaning of Waister | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A seaman stationed in the waist of a warship.

Equivalents

العربية مُخصّر

Examples

“The largest division of a ship's company, and the most ignoble, was that of the waisters, the men stationed in the waist, the men " without art or judgment," who hauled aft the fore and main sheets, and kept the decks white.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

waisting waistlessness Waistline Waistlines Waists waistwrap

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