Usually means: Historical slang for a sailor.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word jack tar:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. jack-tar: Merriam-Webster
  2. Jack tar: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jack-tar: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Jack Tar: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Jack-tar: Vocabulary.com
  6. Jack Tar, jack-tar: Wiktionary
  7. jack-tar: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. jack-tar (Jack Tar): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. jack-tar: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Jack tar, jack-tar, jack tar: Dictionary.com
  11. Jack Tar (film), Jack Tar, Jack tar: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Jack-tar: Rhymezone
  13. Jack Tar: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  14. jack-tar, jack tar: FreeDictionary.org
  15. Jack Tar, jack-tar: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. jack-tar: Mnemonic Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Jack Tar, Jack-tar: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jack tar, jack tar: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Jack Tar, Jack Tar: Latitude Mexico

Definitions from Wiktionary (Jack Tar)

noun:  (British, idiomatic) Alternative spelling of jacktar [(chiefly British) A sailor; especially, one in the Royal Navy.]

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