second mate

noun

1. the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the first mate.

second mate

noun

1. Also called: second officer. the next in command of a merchant vessel after the first mate

Example Sentences

In the introduction, Griffin also shared that the Reels of Fortune second mate was a Labrador named Renegade.

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I was really very, very elated and delighted and excited when I did see that second mate.

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The second mate — and I saw that first mate essentially every single day, often multiple times — the second mate, I saw him once before the eggs hatched, whereas the first one I saw probably 40 times before the eggs hatched.

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The second mate was much more elusive and he was much more aggressive toward me.

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Settling into Key West, he worked as second mate on a fishing charter while playing barrooms at night.

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