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name
A surname originating as an occupation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A village in Scott Township, Adams County, Ohio, United States, named after the Seaman family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Synonym of sailor, particularly on a maritime vessel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: lobscouser, mariner, matelot, seafarer, shipper, waterman, sailor, particularly on a maritime vessel
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noun
A person of the lowest rank in the Navy, below able seaman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Navy, UK
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noun
An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Navy, US
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noun
A merman; the male of the mermaid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a man who serves as a sailor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mariner, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog
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Broader terms: sailor, crewman
Narrower terms: able seaman, able-bodied seaman, boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun, deckhand, roustabout, helmsman, steersman, steerer, lighterman, bargeman, bargee, officer, ship's officer, pilot, sea lawyer, whaler
noun
muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Elizabeth Seaman, Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, Nellie Bly
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Broader terms: journalist
History
From seaman.
From Middle English seeman, seman, from Old English sǣmann. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Seemon (“seaman, sailor”), West Frisian seeman (“seaman, sailor”), Dutch zeeman (“seaman, sailor”), German Low German Seemann (“seaman, sailor”), German Seemann (“seaman, sailor”), Swedish sjöman (“seaman, sailor”), Norwegian sjømann (“seaman, sailor”). Equivalent to sea + -man.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
