merchant seaman

noun

: a sailor who works on a ship involved in trading goods : a member of the merchant marine

Examples of merchant seaman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the masculinist paradigm, every woman does HR for cats and every man is a plumber or merchant seaman. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026

Preston’s maternal great-uncle, a merchant seaman during World War II, collected African art, and it was all passed on to his mother and then to him. — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 23 Apr. 2026

He was born on July 22, 1938, to parents Ethel and Thomas, a merchant seaman. — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2025

The man was 51-year-old Lawrence Singleton, a former merchant seaman. — Christina Coulter, People.com, 10 Aug. 2025

His father was a merchant seaman, and his mother was a garment worker. — Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024

Joseph Hayden was born in Harlem Hospital on May 12, 1941, to Sylvia Hayden, who later worked as a hospital dietitian, and Alfred Freeman, a merchant seaman. — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024

His mother was a nurse and his father a merchant seaman and semi-pro baseball player. — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023

Rhymes for merchant seaman

• beeman
• daemon
• demon
• leman
• niemann
• seamen
• semen