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seaman

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sea·man  (smn)
n.
1. A mariner or sailor.
2.
a. Abbr. SN A noncommissioned rank in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard that is above seaman apprentice and below petty officer.
b. One who holds the rank of seaman, seaman apprentice, or seaman recruit.

seaman
Noun
pl -men
1. a man ranking below an officer in a navy
2. a sailor
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.seamanseaman - a man who serves as a sailor        
able seaman, able-bodied seaman - a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills
bo's'n, bo'sun, boatswain, bos'n, bosun - a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
deckhand, roustabout - a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor
helmsman, steerer, steersman - the person who steers a ship
bargee, bargeman, lighterman - someone who operates a barge
ship's officer, officer - a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines"
pilot - a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor
crewman, sailor - any member of a ship's crew
sea lawyer - an argumentative and contentious seaman
whaler - a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales
2.Seaman - muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922)
Translations

seaman [ˈsiːmən] nmarinero
seaman [ˈsiːmən] irreg nmarin m
seaman [ˈsiːmən] irreg like man) nSeemann m
seaman [ˈsiːmən] nmarinaio

seaman sea

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It is not the ship that takes her departure; the seaman takes his Departure by means of cross-bearings which fix the place of the first tiny pencil-cross on the white expanse of the track-chart, where the ship's position at noon shall be marked by just such another tiny pencil cross for every day of her passage.
The warlock of Essendean, they say, had made a mirror in which men could read the future; it must have been of other stuff than burning coal; for in all the shapes and pictures that I sat and gazed at, there was never a ship, never a seaman with a hairy cap, never a big bludgeon for my silly head, or the least sign of all those tribulations that were ripe to fall on me.
Beddoes, whom the seaman had gone to visit and presumably to blackmail, had also been mentioned as living in Hampshire.
 
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