Pirates' terms of address

• Old tar's shipmates

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of hearty English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hearty \Heart"y\, n.; pl. Hearties (h[aum]rt"[i^]z). Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors. --Dickens.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hearties was a term used for athletic students (particularly rowers ) at the University of Oxford and elsewhere, especially in the 19th and early 20th century. The term is often used in contrast to the less athletic " aesthetes ". At Christ Church in Oxford ...