second mate


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

  • Also called second officer.

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How to use second mate in a sentence

  • There was no war then, and he shipped as second-mate on a merchant vessel sailing from Salem.

  • “Commodore has made a signal that strange vessel is a man-of-war bearing down,” said the second-mate, again entering the cabin.

    Newton Forster | Captain Frederick Marryat
  • “Extremely strange, that she does not answer the private signal,” said the colonel to the second-mate.

    Newton Forster | Captain Frederick Marryat
  • The senior apprentice, Thompson, was made acting-second mate and would be in charge of the starboard watch.

    The Viking Blood | Frederick William Wallace
  • Wansley, second-mate, was indeed dead to the world in his berth.

    Cursed | George Allan England

British Dictionary definitions for second mate

second mate

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

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