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[ see -muh n ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈsi mən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun, plural sea·men. a person skilled in seamanship.
a person whose trade or occupation is assisting in the handling, sailing, and navigating of a ship during a voyage, especially one below the rank of officer; sailor.
U.S. Navy and Coast Guard . an enlisted person ranking below petty officer.
Origin of seaman First recorded before 900; Middle English seeman, Old English sǣmann. See sea, man
synonym study for seaman See sailor.
OTHER WORDS FROM seaman su·per·sea·man, noun, plural su·per·sea·men. Words nearby seaman sea lungwort, Sealyham terrier, sea lyme grass, seam, sea-maid, seaman , seaman apprentice, seamanlike, seaman recruit, seamanship, seamark
Definition for seaman (2 of 2) [ see -muh n ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈsi mən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun Elizabeth Coch·rane [kok -ruh n], /ˈkɒk rən/, original name of Nellie Bly. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Example sentences from the Web for seaman Seaman 's promotion to the Prime Minister's office, however, seems likely to go through.
Bullying Israeli Government Flack Sparks Diplomatic Row—Among Other Concerns | Noga Tarnopolsky| August 21, 2013| DAILY BEAST
When after innumerable complaints a tender for the job was finally issued, Seaman failed to qualify.
Bullying Israeli Government Flack Sparks Diplomatic Row—Among Other Concerns | Noga Tarnopolsky| August 21, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Seaman 's mind-boggling dereliction of responsibility harms the state whose interests he was, and is, tasked with protecting.
Bullying Israeli Government Flack Sparks Diplomatic Row—Among Other Concerns | Noga Tarnopolsky| August 21, 2013| DAILY BEAST
For a decade, Seaman was the face Israel presented to the foreign press corps.
Bullying Israeli Government Flack Sparks Diplomatic Row—Among Other Concerns | Noga Tarnopolsky| August 21, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Seaman got a kick out of his job, taking special pleasure in the arbitrary deployment of his powers.
Bullying Israeli Government Flack Sparks Diplomatic Row—Among Other Concerns | Noga Tarnopolsky| August 21, 2013| DAILY BEAST
The glass of his seaman 's clock on the wall was broken, and dishes were shivered to bits.
Atlantis | Gerhart Hauptmann
But occasional acts of drunkenness, if the seaman in other respects performs his duty, will not deprive him of his wages.
The Seaman's Friend | Richard Henry Dana
In the little argument you had with Able Seaman Kester, for instance.
The Battleship Boys at Sea | Frank Gee Patchin
I was treated with, in my capacity of a soldier and a seaman .
Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States | Raphael Semmes
"I think I know what that is, sir," broke in Seaman Runkle, after three minutes of watching.
Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service | H. Irving Hancock
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British Dictionary definitions for seaman noun plural -men a rating trained in seamanship as opposed to electrical engineering, etc
a man who serves as a sailor
a person skilled in seamanship
Derived forms of seaman seaman-like , adjective seamanly , adjective , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to seaman gob, sailor, mate, skipper, seafarer, navigator, salt, pilot, midshipman, tar, middy, beachcomber, merman, sea dog, cockswain, jacky