seaman
/ˈsiːmən/ noun C1- Synonym of sailor, particularly on a maritime vessel.
- 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
Plural seamen
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All hands obeyed, and at once the eight or ten seamen who composed the crew, sprang to their respective stations at the spanker brails and outhaul, topsail sheets and halyards, the jib downhaul, and the topsail clewlines and buntlines.
“And a first-rate seaman, one who had seen long and honorable service, as became a man charged with the interests of a house so important as that of Morrel & Son,” replied Danglars.
“And why should he not have this?” asked the owner; “he is young, it is true, but he seems to me a thorough seaman, and of full experience.”
Morrel,” exclaimed the young seaman, with tears in his eyes, and grasping the owner’s hand, “M.
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