merchant seaman
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of merchant seaman
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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His mother was a nurse and his father a merchant seaman and semi-pro baseball player.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
Marine Corps veteran and merchant seaman decides there is no better way than to head into the war zone to deliver them American beer.
From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2022
His father, Fince, was a merchant seaman, and his mother, Rose, was a homemaker.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2022
His mother Olive was already married to a merchant seaman who was away at war when Eldridge was born in November 1944.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2022
By then, Ona had made plans to marry John Staines, a free black man and merchant seaman.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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