Jack Tar

A form of jacktar — A sailor; especially, one in the Royal Navy.

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Meanings

Jack Tar1

nounJack Tar (plural Jack Tars)

plural Jack Tars

  1. UKidiomaticAlternative letter-case form of jacktar.

    What you read here are their stories—stories of whole-souled youths, with the sparkle of life in their eyes, with the love of adventure in their hearts. Jack Tar is an American clear through to his backbone!

    1918, Elaine Sterne, Over the Seas for Uncle Sam

Jack tar2

noun
  1. UKAlternative letter-case form of jacktar.

Synonyms & antonyms

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tar
Cite this entry
APA

Jack Tar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jack%20Tar

MLA

“Jack Tar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jack%20Tar. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jack Tar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jack%20Tar.

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