as in sailors
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 seamen
This lead seamen to believe that the bananas had caused the ship to sink, and the superstition continues to stay in effect around docks down South.
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Abby Fribush, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2026
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
Abby Fribush, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seamen
Noun
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Long before the Kraken haunted sailors’ tales, something just as monstrous actually cruised the ancient seas — and scientists just found the proof.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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In the days leading up to it, there are parties and gatherings at yacht clubs for sailors from all around who have built friendships off the water through the years.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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The reports of whale sightings will come from mariners and the public, lawmakers said.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
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There are about 2,000 ships and 20,000 mariners still stranded near the strait.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
22 Apr. 2026
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People too often imagine the Church as having played second fiddle in colonial history, jumping on opportunities opened up by the actions of kings, navigators, and merchants.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Apr. 2026
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Middleware companies risk becoming the next such layer — essential navigators of fragmentation that remind us the underlying architecture was never designed to work as a whole.—
Celina Yong,
STAT,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Seamen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seamen. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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