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seaman apprentice

American  

noun

U.S. Navy and Coast Guard.
  1. a noncommissioned enlisted person ranking above seaman recruit and below seaman. SA


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And Khrzielle Vargas, a 21-year-old seaman apprentice from Fremont, Calif., was strolling through Times Square on Thursday afternoon in her white trousers, white jumper top and white sailor hat.

From New York Times • May 28, 2022

Mays, 20, was a seaman apprentice at the time and has since been promoted to seaman.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2021

The sailor, Ryan Sawyer Mays, 20, joined the service in May 2019 and holds the rank of seaman apprentice, according to Navy records.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2021

The accused perpetrator, who ended his four-year Navy stint in 2002 as a seaman apprentice, was not hard to find.

From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2018

"He is an enlisted man," he said, bitterly, "not a passed seaman apprentice; so I downed him easily with a few words."

From The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility by Robertson, Morgan