Definition of "bluejacket" []

• An enlisted person in the U.S. or British Navy; a sailor. (noun)

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• "Unlike the other artillery which was transported in pieces by mule or camel the Gatlings and Gardeners were moved purely by the muscle power of their bluejacket crews."
• "There was no element of surprise … and the object of the struggle was perfectly obvious to everybody from the youngest bluejacket to the simplest [Turkish] private."
• "The bluejacket was brought aboard insensible but soon recovered."