Seaman

English

Noun

Seaman (plural seamen)

1. A mariner or sailor, one who mans a ship. Opposed to landman or landsman.
2. (UK, Navy) The lowest ranking in the Navy, below Able Seaman.
3. (US, Navy) An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice.
4. A merman; the male of the mermaid.

   Not to mention mermaids or seamen. — Locke.

Adjectives for Seaman

distant; broken; disbanded (pi); skillful; proficient; doughty; unimaginative; conscientious ; obsequious; groaning.

Thesaurus

AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Davy, Davy Jones, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Neptune, Nereid, Nereus, OD, Oceanid, Oceanus, Poseidon, Thetis, Triton, Varuna, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, bluejacket, buccaneer, deep-sea man, fair-weather sailor, fisherman, hearty, jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacky, limey, lobsterman, mariner, matelot, mermaid, merman, navigator, pirate, privateer, sailor, salt, sea devil, sea dog, sea god, sea rover, seafarer, seafaring man, shipman, siren, tar, tarpaulin, viking, water dog, whaler, windjammer, windsailor

Etymology

sea +‎ man

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /"si:m@n/

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• Rhymes: -iːmən
• Homophones: seamen, semen

Translations

mariner or sailor

Croatian: mornar (hr) m. Czech: námořník (cs) m. Dutch: matroos (nl) m., zeeman (nl) m. Finnish: merimies (fi) Greek: ναυτικός (el) m. Hungarian: tengerész (hu), matróz (hu) Italian: marinaio (it) m.

Japanese: 水兵 (ja) (suihei)(すいへい), 水夫 (ja) (suifu)(すいふ), 船員 (ja) (sen'in) (せんいん) Portuguese: marinheiro (pt) m. Russian: моряк (ru) (mor'ák) m., матрос (ru) (matrós) m. Serbian: mornar (sr) m., pomorac (sr) m., moreplovac (sr) m. Slovene: mornár (sl) m., mornárka (sl) f. Swedish: sjöman (sv) c.

naval rank

Dutch: matroos (nl) m. Finnish: matruusi (fi)

Greek: ναύτης (el) m. Russian: матрос (ru) (matrós) m.

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Arabic: بحار (báħħar) m. Mandarin: 海員, 海员 (hǎiyuán) Estonian: meremees French: marin m. German: Matrose m.

Korean: 선원 (seonweon) Latin: nauta m., navita m. Spanish: marinero m.

Related terms

• AB
• able seaman
• able-bodied seaman
• ordinary seaman

See also

• 15px Seaman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Samean