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seaman

noun
/ˈsiːmən/

Etymology

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.

  1. inherited from sǣmann
  2. inherited from seeman

Definitions

  1. Synonym of sailor, particularly on a maritime vessel.

    • 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.

  2. A person of the lowest rank in the Navy, below able seaman.

  3. An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below…

    An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A merman

      A merman; the male of the mermaid.

      • , Book III not to mention what is confidently reported of mermaids, or sea-men

    2. A surname originating as an occupation.

    3. A village in Scott Township, Adams County, Ohio, United States, named after the Seaman…

      A village in Scott Township, Adams County, Ohio, United States, named after the Seaman family.

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Derived

able-bodied seaman, able seaman, leading seaman, master seaman, merchant seaman, ordinary seaman, seamancraft, seamanlike, seamanly, seaman recruit, seamanship, underseaman

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at seaman. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01seaman02navy03department04course05rigged06rigging07nautical08seamen

A definitional loop anchored at seaman. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at seaman

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA