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which is different from "captain," which is different from "mariner." Then it goes even further.
We have a very special root that's just for clipper ships, "baelil." Presumably, "belil" is somebody who sails a clipper ship or something.
But I think that the reason that we even have this word for clipper ship is just because I was a fan of the Clippers.
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