deckhand
deckhand · deckhands
A member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labourA member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.
US/ˈdɛkˌhænd/
» He went to sea as a deckhand at the age of fourteen.
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2 sensesA member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.
a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor
A stagehand.
Examples
1 sentencesHe went to sea as a deckhand at the age of fourteen.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From deck + hand.From deck + hand.
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Forms
plural: deckhandsSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor:roustabout
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.