waister

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noun

A seaman stationed in the waist of a warship.

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Meanings

nounwaister (plural waisters)

plural waisters

  1. historicalgovernmentA seaman stationed in the waist of a warship.

    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.

    1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Time, page 129

Origin

From waist + -er.

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Translations

Hebrew אִישׁ מָתְנַיִם
  • אִישׁ מָתְנַיִםa seaman stationed in the waist

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

waitersartwise
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“waister.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waister. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “waister,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waister.

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