seafare

seafare

English

Etymology 1

Back-formation from seafaring and/or seafarer, equivalent to sea +‎ fare.

Verb

seafare (third-person singular simple present seafares, present participle seafaring, simple past seafared or seafore, past participle seafared or seafaren)

1. To travel or voyage by sea
   • 1914, Max Pemberton, Two Women, page 88:

     […] and although it was quite understood that he would marry her sooner or later, the happy day seemed as distant as ever. He accepted Tony's offer and went to Germany to “seafare.”

   • 2016, C. Simon Fan, Culture, Institution, and Development in China:

     Various Japanese governments in different dynasties attempted to restrict military groups from seafaring. However, Japan has a long coastline, and the Japanese governments had to allow fishermen to seafare for a living.

Noun

seafare (countable and uncountable, plural seafares)

1. travel or journey by sea
   • 1972, António Henrique R. de Oliveira Marques, History of Portugal: From Lusitania to empire, page 144:

     He also managed to get a sort of "subsidy," or annual allowance, from the Crown. Gradually, Henry became deeply related to seafare, and to sea people.

Etymology 2

From Middle English seefare, equivalent to sea +‎ fare.

Noun

seafare (plural seafares)

1. A rent paid in commutation of the duty of carrying supplies or passengers by water
2. seafood