selkirk

1. 1.

   Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721)

   SynonymsSelcraigAlexander SelkirkAlexander Selcraig

   Broadersailor

Other forms of selkirk

plural

selkirks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about selkirk

What does selkirk mean?

selkirk means "Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721)".

How many syllables are in selkirk?

selkirk has 2 syllables: sel-kirk. The stress falls on "sel". In IPA it is /ˈsɛlkɚk/.

What is another word for selkirk?

Close synonyms include Selcraig, Alexander Selkirk, Alexander Selcraig. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is selkirk a common word?

selkirk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.