English Dictionary

seaman

noun

A mariner or sailor, one who mans a ship. Opposed to landman or landsman. / (Britain, Navy) A person of the lowest rank in the Navy, below able seaman.

The seaman navigated the ship through rough waters.

意味（1）

A mariner or sailor, one who mans a ship. Opposed to landman or landsman.

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.

意味（2）

(Britain, Navy) A person of the lowest rank in the Navy, below able seaman.

意味（3）

(US, Navy) An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice.

意味（4）

A merman; the male of the mermaid.

, Book III

, Book III not to mention what is confidently reported of mermaids, or sea-men