seaman
noun
a person skilled in seamanship.
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seaman
1 American
[see-muhn]
/ ˈsi mən /
noun
seamen
plural
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a person skilled in seamanship.
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a person whose trade or occupation is assisting in the handling, sailing, and navigating of a ship during a voyage, especially one below the rank of officer; sailor.
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U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. an enlisted person ranking below petty officer.
Seaman
2
American
[see-muhn]
/ ˈsi mən /
noun
seaman
British
/ ˈsiːmən /
noun
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a rating trained in seamanship as opposed to electrical engineering, etc
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a man who serves as a sailor
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a person skilled in seamanship
Synonym Usage
See sailor.
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Etymology
Origin of seaman
First recorded before 900; Middle English seeman, Old English sǣmann. See sea, man
Example Sentences
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But in 1991, Dixon and his goalkeeper were certainly not on the same page when he attempted a long-range back pass to Seaman in a match against Coventry at Highbury.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
By the end of October, Seaman had a pretty good idea of how Kimwolf was sneaking onto Ipidea’s networks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Chad Seaman, a researcher at Akamai, joked at one point that the internet could go down if Brundage spent too much time on his exams.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
"It's producing fragments of building stone, so it might be structural. We might be thinking of a small shrine or a chapel," says Dr Andy Seaman, from Cardiff University, who is leading the dig.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025
“Very good, very good,” he says, “I have faith in you, Seaman Bosch. Faith that you’ll do the right thing when a thing is right to do.”
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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