seaman

Speech parts

1. seaman - Noun

2. Seaman - Proper noun

Meaning

One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to landman, or landsman.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mariner seafarer tar old salt sailor jack gob salt rating shipman crewman sea dog jack-tar able seaman deckhand
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Antonyms

landsman antagonist landman landlubber nonsailor king of the fleet
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Hypernyms

sailor crewman

Hyponyms

boatswain pilot helmsman officer roustabout bosun

Related terms

ab

Phrases with the word

enlisted seaman merchant seaman competent seaman

Derivatives

seamen

Anagrams

amanse Samean Semaan

Examples

I sum up the prospects for 1967 in three short sentences. We are back on course. The ship is picking up speed. The economy is moving. Every seaman knows the command at such a moment: 'steady as she goes'. James Callaghan

The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep. Laurence J. Peter

That Seaman is a handsome young man but he spends too much time looking in his mirror rather than at the ball. You can't keep goal with hair like that. Brian Clough

I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up my residence where my people had lived for over two hundred years. John Sergeant Wise

Every seaman is not only a navigator, but a merchant and also a soldier. William Petty

The good seaman is known in bad weather. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

seam-free seamaid seamail seaman apprentice seaman recruit seamancraft