bluejacket noun4 •A seaman of a British warshipIt never entered his mind that here was a matter which from its extreme questionableness, it was his duty as a loyal blue-jacket to report in the proper quarter. — 1924 •An enlisted man in the US Navy.[…] drift like tear-starting smoke across these exciting pages written by a bluejacket of the U.S. Navy. — 1939 •A uniformed policeman.He told me that Buster took her face 'bout right off. Said there's guts and hair everyplace. There's a platoon or so of Payton's bluejackets up there on the View now. — 1991 •An Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis). formsbluejackets
