"jacktar" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From jack (“common man or sailor”) + tar (“tarpaulin”), used for a common sailor dating back to the 1600s.",
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      "form": "jacktars",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1857, “The Masker's Song”, in Robert Bell, editor, Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England:",
          "text": "O! the next that steps up is a jolly Jack tar, / He sailed with Lord [Nelson]^([sic]), during last war: / He’s right on the sea, Old England to view: / He’s come a pace-egging with so jolly a crew.",
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          "ref": "1887, “Ruddigore”, W. S. Gilbert (lyrics), Arthur Sullivan (music), Act II:",
          "text": "I am a jolly Jack Tar, / My star, / And you are the fairest, / The richest and rarest / Of innocent lasses you are, / By far",
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        "A sailor in the Royal Navy."
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        "(British) A sailor in the Royal Navy."
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          "word": "Jack Tar"
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          "word": "Jack tar"
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          "word": "Jacktar"
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  "word": "jacktar"
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      "name": "af"
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  "etymology_text": "From jack (“common man or sailor”) + tar (“tarpaulin”), used for a common sailor dating back to the 1600s.",
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          "ref": "1857, “The Masker's Song”, in Robert Bell, editor, Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England:",
          "text": "O! the next that steps up is a jolly Jack tar, / He sailed with Lord [Nelson]^([sic]), during last war: / He’s right on the sea, Old England to view: / He’s come a pace-egging with so jolly a crew.",
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        {
          "ref": "1887, “Ruddigore”, W. S. Gilbert (lyrics), Arthur Sullivan (music), Act II:",
          "text": "I am a jolly Jack Tar, / My star, / And you are the fairest, / The richest and rarest / Of innocent lasses you are, / By far",
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      "word": "Jack Tar"
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