sailor

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Ranks in the Navy
able seaman
admiral
commander
commodore
fleet admiral
midshipman
petty officer
PO
quartermaster
rear admiral
seamanly
sub lieutenant

seaman | American Dictionary

seaman
noun[ C ]
us/ˈsi·mən/
a man who lives and works mostly on ships at sea
A seaman is also a sailor in the US Coast Guard or Navy who is not an officer.

Examples of seaman

seaman
The peers immediately objected to such tactics and ejected the seamen.
A gestation of 15 years of continued interest and agonising over the whereabouts of the missing seamen ensured an emotional investment in the expedition.
We may guess that he had access to external income, perhaps from work abroad or employment as a seaman.
And crucially all three died, as other seamen had and continued to do so, doing their duty.
In just two cases were the husbands' professions recorded : one was a seaman and the other was a shoemaker.
Following the pattern of explorers and seamen he also collected natural history specimens.
Norwegian seamen were slightly higher paid, but there might also have been a shortage in labour supply.
Both the trade unions and the many seamen in the dockyards tried to resist, but they were poorly armed and were eventually forced to surrender.
My husband was a seaman before he retired.
This was a particularly pressing preoccupation among invalids and ill seamen.
The repression was a blood bath, its victims the shipyard workers, the seamen and non-commissioned officers.
The inconsistencies are simply blamed on the over-active imagination of seamen, and their tendency to exaggerate.
Scurvy used to be the scourge of seamen on long voyages.
He determined on adopting the nautical profession and undertook a number of voyages as apprentice, and as ordinary and able seaman, in cargo ships and on board whalers.
The efforts made on behalf of the agricultural community by naval officers and seamen were an important extension of rural history, and were considered vital at the time.
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