seaman
pronunciation
How to pronounce seaman in British English:
UK [ˈsi:mən]
How to pronounce seaman in American English:
US [ˈsimən]
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- Noun:
- a man who serves as a sailor
Word Origin
- seaman (n.)
- "a sailor," Old English sæmanna (plural); see sea + man (n.). Similar formation in Dutch zeeman, German Seemann, Old Norse sjomaðr.
Example
- 1. Sevastopol , ukraine : a russian seaman looks out of a porthole ap
- 2. Love is a harbor in a turbulent sea which makes a weary seaman safe and sound .
- 3. In addition to broadcasting comments from leading seaman faye turney , the only woman in the party , tehran released a letter from her in which she apologised for the party " apparently " going into iranian waters .
- 4. The sole british survivor of the first world war is now seaman claude choules , 108 , who lives in australia .
- 5. She had come from a seaman 's family he had told zichen on another ride home as if that explained the fact that margaret had picked up fourteen languages when all of them other than latin and french and english had been learned during her decades of marriage in america .