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
The year is 1600 and a stubborn British seaman piloting a Dutch ship washes ashore in Japan.
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Nina Metz, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Wilkerson read extensively about the Black Jacks, free and enslaved Black seamen who manned ships during the 18th and 19th centuries, as research.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Setting things in motion was the dropping off of a drunk seaman at NIS, by a Shore Patrol officer who was in a rush to a hot date and didn’t have time for a proper handoff to the MPs.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Dec. 2024
According to the Navy, the seaman was born June 15, 1918, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
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Nina Metz, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Wilkerson read extensively about the Black Jacks, free and enslaved Black seamen who manned ships during the 18th and 19th centuries, as research.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Setting things in motion was the dropping off of a drunk seaman at NIS, by a Shore Patrol officer who was in a rush to a hot date and didn’t have time for a proper handoff to the MPs.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Dec. 2024
According to the Navy, the seaman was born June 15, 1918, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaman
Noun
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Painter, exhibition organizer, collector, gardener, competitive sailor: Caillebotte unsettles conventional definitions of the figure of the artist.—
James Meyer,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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Some members of the crew had boarded English vessels, eventually making their way back to Denmark and writing about their previous voyage, but none of the sailors wrote where the ships met their end, the museum said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Warning notices advising pilots and mariners to steer clear of the test area indicated the missile and its hypersonic glide vehicle were supposed to splash down in the mid-Atlantic Ocean hundreds of miles north and northeast of Puerto Rico.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
26 Apr. 2025
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The city’s remaining water intake cribs — Four Mile, 68th Street, Carter H. Harrison, Edward F. Dunne, Wilson Avenue and William E. Dever — also were fitted with electrical navigation devices to aid mariners.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Carlin was its navigator, and Burke was the armor-gunner.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2025
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For the cost of one full-time on-site navigator, clinics gain the power of four specialized remote staff.—
Craig Lebrau,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Seaman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaman. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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