merchant seaman
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of merchant seaman
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Back outside, with a view of the port and the sunlit open sea, we met a merchant seaman, relaxing on a bench, who told us his son worked for the New York Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025
The oldest: merchant seaman Thomas Hardwyre Milligan, 64.
From Reuters ● Nov. 12, 2023
His father, Fince, was a merchant seaman, and his mother, Rose, was a homemaker.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2022
The blockage of Egypt's Suez canal by a giant container ship is causing a "traffic jam" of vessels, according to a merchant seaman on a nearby ship.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2021
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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