seadog means A sailor accustomed to the sea. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
Why “seadog” is a great word
SEADOG — [Noun] A seasoned sailor; also, a pirate or a harbor seal. From sea + dog, first recorded in English use 1815–25. Unlike "landsman," which denotes a stranger to the waves, or "privateer," which implies a state-sanctioned raider, "seadog" carries the salt-sting of raw, unsanctioned experience. It is the grizzled face of a helmsman etched by a hundred gales, the sleek, whiskered head of a seal emerging from a harbor swell, and the silhouette of a black-rigged ship materializing from the fog—each a creature perfectly adapted to a world of salt and storm, its true loyalty reserved for the deep.
noun
- A sailor accustomed to the sea.“The old seadog knew the storm was coming long before the rest of the crew were aware of it.”
- A pirate.
- A seal, especially a harbor seal. (marine mammal)
- A charge resembling the talbot but with scales, webbed feet and a broad tail.
- Synonym of sea puppy.“Sea Dogs (Otherwise known as Harbor Seals)”
- A dogfish.