noun

• A person in the business of navigating ships or other vessels
• Someone knowledgeable in the practical management of ships.
• A member of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
• A person who sails sailing boats as a sport or recreation.
• Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Neptis, Pseudoneptis and Phaedyma, having white markings on a dark base and commonly flying by gliding.
• A surname.