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
In between stints as a merchant seaman, McGrath drifted out to California, corresponding and visiting with Aldous Huxley in Los Angeles and Henry Miller in Big Sur.
From New York Times • Jul. 12, 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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