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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 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

“Why can’t we be in on something like that?” said Rick Rogala, 68, of Sarasota, Fla., a seaman apprentice on cooking duty when the Pueblo was seized.

From Washington Post Jan. 4, 2016

"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 Morgan Robertson

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