seaman
/ˈsiːmən/
seaman noun: synonym of sailor, particularly on a maritime vessel.
Noun
seaman (plural seamen)
- 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. […] Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at...2012 March, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2012, page 87
- A person of the lowest rank in the Navy, below able seaman.
- An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice.
- A merman; the male of the mermaid.
- , Book III
not to mention what is confidently reported of mermaids, or sea-men
- , Book III
Proper noun capitalized: Seaman
Seaman (countable and uncountable, plural Seamans)
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- A village in Scott Township, Adams County, Ohio, United States, named after the Seaman family.
seaman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
seaman in Hindi
- naval rank
- नाविक nāvik
seaman in Tamil
- கலவர், கடற்கலவர், கலாள், கம்மகாரர், பரவர், பரதர்
seaman in Marathi
- seaman, sailor
- खलाशी khalāśī
seaman in Urdu
- seaman, sailor
- جہازی jahāzī
More languagesFewer languages
- seaman in Telugu
- సీమాన్
- seaman in Malayalam
- ഓഫിസർതസ്തികയ്ക്ക് താഴെയുള്ള നാവികൻ, നാവികവിദഗ്ധൻ, നാവികൻ
- seaman in Kannada
- ನಾವಿಕ
- seaman in Punjabi
- ਸੀਮੈਨ
- seaman in Gujarati
- સીમેન
Examples of seaman in a sentence
- Seaman, sea gauge, sea monster, sea horse, sea level, seaworthy, seaport, seaboard, etc.
- The seamen were serving on shore instead of on ships.
- In the Royal Navy the ratings, in order, are: ordinary seaman, able seaman, leading seaman, petty officer and chief petty officer.
Synonyms of seaman
Forms of seaman
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | seamen |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Seamans |
Origin of seaman
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.
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Questions about seaman
- What does seaman mean?
- Seaman means synonym of sailor, particularly on a maritime vessel.
- What is seaman in Hindi?
- Seaman in Hindi is नाविक (nāvik). See Seaman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is seaman?
- Seaman can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce seaman?
- Seaman is pronounced /ˈsiːmən/.
- What is the plural of seaman?
- The plural of seaman is seamen.
Words near seaman in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: seaman (page history and authors); Seaman (page history and authors); seaman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); खलाशी (Marathi) (page history and authors); جہازی (Urdu) (page history and authors); seaman (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seaman (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seaman (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seaman (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seaman (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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