Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun alexander_selkirk

1 sense of alexander selkirk

Sense 1
Selkirk, Selcraig, Alexander Selkirk, Alexander Selcraig -- (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))
       INSTANCE OF=> sailor, crewman -- (any member of a ship's crew)