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ordinary seaman
noun
- a seaman insufficiently skilled to be classified as an able-bodied seaman. : O.D., O.S., o.s.
ordinary seaman
noun
- a seaman of the lowest rank, being insufficiently experienced to be an able-bodied seaman
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ordinary seaman1
First recorded in 1695–1705
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Example Sentences
Nils Petter, on the other hand, chatted with the men and lent a hand with the work like any ordinary seaman.
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McKenzie, Jenkins and an ordinary seaman had finished their speed recording task and were reeling in the line.
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This gallant officer, who in his Cambridge days was renowned as a scholar and a poet, fought as an ordinary seaman at Antwerp.
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For sailors are of three classes—able-seaman, ordinary-seaman, and boys; and they receive different wages according to their rank.
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Ordinary Seaman Daniel Davis, bones of wrist fractured, said to have been sustained by 203 fall from hammock.
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