as in sailor
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
a weathered old seaman who now captains a tour boat
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Recent Examples of seaman
In 1944, Willie Wesley Thompson, a Navy seaman, saved two lives in the South Pacific.
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Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
In actor-writer-director Ustinov’s tackling of Herman Melville’s seafaring 18th-century novel, the young stage actor starred as the titular naïve young seaman who suffers under the sadistic whims of his superior Claggart (Robert Ryan) and is eventually falsely accused of a crime.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
There are no shortage of headlines about the alarming numbers of soldiers and seamen and Marines being overweight.
—Noelle Wiehe, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025
Written in response to a push to bar Chinese seamen from key Australian shipping routes, The Chinese Question in Australia stridently condemned the racist treatment of Chinese migrants in Australia.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2025
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Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
In actor-writer-director Ustinov’s tackling of Herman Melville’s seafaring 18th-century novel, the young stage actor starred as the titular naïve young seaman who suffers under the sadistic whims of his superior Claggart (Robert Ryan) and is eventually falsely accused of a crime.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
There are no shortage of headlines about the alarming numbers of soldiers and seamen and Marines being overweight.
—Noelle Wiehe, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025
Written in response to a push to bar Chinese seamen from key Australian shipping routes, The Chinese Question in Australia stridently condemned the racist treatment of Chinese migrants in Australia.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaman
Noun
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Cold winter conditions can complicate operations even for experienced sailors, Sawyer said.—
Michael Casey,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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Now as sailors stepped out into the surf, a great crowd tried to take oars off the first sloop.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Last week’s whale sightings by the Aquarium led the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to implement a voluntary slow speed zone called a Dynamic Management Area (DMA) for mariners to reduce their speed to 10 knots to protect the whales.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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Wander the gear aisles where gadgets promise to turn anyone into a better mariner, chef, parent and human being.—
Eric Barton,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In some districts, navigators focus on violence prevention or absenteeism.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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Sinclair is probably the most adept living navigator of London’s subterranean currents.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Seaman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaman. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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