seaman
noun
a person skilled in seamanship.
seaman-like
-
a word derived from
seaman.
Example Sentences
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The only matter that concerned him was to bring his ship to her destination in a seaman-like manner, and let who would perplex their brains with fantasy.
From The Wheel O' Fortune by Louis Tracy
Loose, seaman-like trousers, decent shoes, a long red cap, a red sash round his waist, and a knife in it.
From Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
Then he produced a powerfully-scented pipe of venerable appearance, which had been, at various stages of its existence, bound in a seaman-like manner with pieces of tarred yarn.
From The Slave of the Lamp by Henry Seton Merriman
Soon a little sailorly and seaman-like fellow named Ford, whose interest in the strange ship was marked, came from the group near the mizzen and asked if he should get the signal halyards ready.
From Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" by T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins) Hains
Holdfast, my man, you did a most seaman-like thing.
From Ernest Bracebridge School Days by William I. Thomas
