a weathered old seaman who now captains a tour boat
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On the morning of D-Day, the English seamen were issued with cream duffle coats, which by the end of the day were blood red.—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024 Boylan, who had not ordered a roving night watch as people slept, was convicted in 2023 of seaman’s manslaughter and sentenced in May to four years in federal prison.—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024 Michael agrees to sign on as a seaman aboard the husband’s yacht.—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 The seamen who will remain in the US are expected to stay in hotels or apartments, said the Rev. Joshua Messick, director of the Baltimore International Seafarers’ Center and chaplain for the Port of Baltimore.—Gabe Cohen, CNN, 24 June 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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