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third mate

American  

noun

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


Example Sentences

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Capt. Darrin Muenzberg and his third mate launched an investigation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2023

He turned over the bridge to the third mate, Cousins, with instructions to return to the normal route once clear of the ice.

From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2022

Woronowicz has been working on boats his whole life as a merchant mariner — on tugboats and cruise ships, now as a third mate on a Columbia University ocean research vessel.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2021

The captain, Mundy, the second mate, and the third mate each commanded one of the lifeboats.

From The New Yorker • May 28, 2016

H’m–the third mate seems to be getting very interested in Kipling.

From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund

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