seaman : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: seaman	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for seaman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seaman n a man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog] muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922) Synonym(s): Seaman, Elizabeth Seaman, Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, Nellie Bly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seaman \Sea"man\, n.; pl. {Seamen}. A merman; the male of the mermaid. [R.] [bd]Not to mention mermaids or seamen.[b8] --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seaman \Sea"man\, n.; pl. {Seamen}. [AS. s[91]man.] One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to {landman}, or {landsman}. {Able seaman}, a sailor who is practically conversant with all the duties of common seamanship. {ordinary seaman}. See {Ordinary}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Seaman, OH (village, FIPS 71206) Location: 38.93882 N, 83.57311 W Population (1990): 1013 (409 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45679