a weathered old seaman who now captains a tour boat
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The year is 1600 and a stubborn British seaman piloting a Dutch ship washes ashore in Japan.—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 See All Example Sentences for seaman
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of seaman was
before the 12th century
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