Many moons ago, I was a seaman.
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Seaman
//ˈsiːmən//
Synonyms for "seaman" (78 found)
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16 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- матрос noun (naval rank)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 水兵 noun (naval rank)
Dutch
1 entries- matroos noun (naval rank)
Erzya
1 entries- ведюшман noun (naval rank)
Finnish
2 entries- matruusi noun (naval rank)
- ylimatruusi noun (naval rank)
French
1 entries- matelot noun (naval rank)
German
1 entries- Matrose noun (naval rank)
Greek
1 entries- ναύτης noun (naval rank)
Japanese
1 entries- 水兵 noun (naval rank)
Korean
1 entries- 수병 noun (naval rank)
Macedonian
1 entries- по́морец noun (naval rank)
Māori
1 entries- hēramana noun (naval rank)
Polish
1 entries- marynarz noun (naval rank)
Russian
1 entries- матро́с noun (naval rank)
Ukrainian
1 entries- матро́с noun (naval rank)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
You can put me in jail, but you cannot give me narrower quarters than as a seaman I have always had; you cannot give me coarser food than as a seaman I have always eaten; you cannot make me lonelier than as a seaman I have always been.
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Tom is a seaman.
Source: tatoeba (2724470)
The seaman apprentice, sitting on a stool in a bar, ordered a beer while waiting for his basket of fish and chips.
Source: tatoeba (4465016)
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