seaman
Synonym of sailor, particularly on a maritime vesselSynonym of sailor, particularly on a maritime vessel.
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» Many moons ago, I was a seaman.
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4 sensesSynonym of sailor, particularly on a maritime vessel.
(Navy, UK)A person of the lowest rank in the Navy, below able seaman.
Matrose
матро́сmatrós
матро́сmatrós
(Navy, US)An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice.
A merman; the male of the mermaid.
, Book III not to mention what is confidently reported of mermaids, or sea-men
- muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922)
- a man who serves as a sailor
Examples
9 sentencesMany moons ago, I was a seaman.
She had three sons who became seamen.
The seaman had to clean the ship down to the copper bolts.
Tom is a seaman.
ruТом - моряк. — marafon
Sami became an accomplished seaman.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English seeman, seman, from Old English sǣmann. Cognate with Saterland FrisianFrom Middle English seeman, seman, from Old English sǣmann. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Seemon (“seaman, sailor”), West Frisian seeman (“seaman, sailor”), Dutch zeeman (“seaman, sailor”), German Low German Seemann (“seaman, sailor”), German Seemann (“seaman, sailor”), Swedish sjöman (“seaman, sailor”), Norwegian sjømann (“seaman, sailor”). Equivalent to sea + -man.
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Forms
plural: seamenSynonyms
17 synonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
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.