seaman
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#SEAMANCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#SEAMAN seeman, seman, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#SEAMANCategory:English terms derived from Old English#SEAMAN 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 + -manCategory:English terms suffixed with -man#SEAMAN.
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- IPA(key): /ˈsiːmən/Category:English 2-syllable words#SEAMANCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#SEAMAN
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#SEAMANAudio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -iːmənCategory:Rhymes:English/iːmən#SEAMANCategory:Rhymes:English/iːmən/2 syllables#SEAMAN
- Homophone: semenCategory:English terms with homophones#SEAMAN
Noun
seaman (plural seamen)Category:English lemmas#SEAMANCategory:English nouns#SEAMANCategory:English countable nouns#SEAMANCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#SEAMANCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SEAMANCategory:Pages with entries#SEAMANCategory:Pages with 2 entries#SEAMAN
- Synonym of sailor, particularly on a maritime vessel.
- Synonyms: lobscouser (dated), mariner, matelot, seafarer, shipper (obsolete), waterman (archaic)
- Hyponyms: able-bodied seaman, able seaman, afterguard, beachcomber, bluejacket, cuny, killock, master mariner, ordinary seaman, packetman, rating, underseaman, waister
- 2012 March, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87:
- But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.Category:English terms with quotations#SEAMAN
- (BritishCategory:British English#SEAMAN, Navy) A person of the lowest rank in the Navy, below able seaman.
- (USCategory:American English#SEAMAN, Navy) An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice.
- A merman; the male of the mermaid.
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:, Book III
- not to mention what is confidently reported of mermaids, or sea-men
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Category:English nouns with irregular plurals#SEAMAN Category:en:Military ranks#SEAMANCategory:en:Nautical occupations#SEAMANCategory:en:Merpeople#SEAMANIndonesian
Adjective
sêamanCategory:Indonesian lemmas#SEAMANCategory:Indonesian equative adjectives#SEAMANCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#SEAMANCategory:Pages with entries#SEAMANCategory:Pages with 2 entries#SEAMAN
- equative degree of aman: as safe as