seaman : Idioms & Phrases

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Able seaman

  • noun a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills
    able seaman.
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  • a sailor who is practically conversant with all the duties of common seamanship.
Webster 1913

able-bodied seaman

  • noun a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills
    able seaman.
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elizabeth cochrane seaman

  • noun muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922)
    Nellie Bly; Seaman; Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman.
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elizabeth seaman

  • noun muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922)
    Nellie Bly; Seaman; Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman.
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ordinary seaman

  • . See Ordinary.
  • (Naut.), one not expert or fully skilled, and hence ranking below an able seaman.
Webster 1913