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Definition: Seaman |
SeamanNoun1. A man who serves as a sailor. 2. Muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "seaman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Note: Seaman \Sea"man\, noun; plural Seamen. [Anglo-Saxon s[ae]man.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Public Administration | Able Rating or Ordinary Rating = non-officer personnel, category OR-2(NATO), UK Navy. Seaman = idem, US Navy(1). Source: European Union. (references) |
| Seaman = non-officer personnel, category OR-3(NATO)in US Navy. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Statistics | The member of a ship's crew, especially the one below the rank of officer. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Seaman is a village located in Adams County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 1,039.Geography
Seaman is located at 38°56'20" North, 83°34'23" West (38.938889, -83.573027)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,039 people, 407 households, and 271 families residing in the village. The population density is 393.3/km² (1,017.6/mi²). There are 443 housing units at an average density of 167.7/km² (433.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 98.56% White, 0.00% African American, 0.48% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.10% from other races, and 0.77% from two or more races. 0.77% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 407 households out of which 33.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.1% are married couples living together, 11.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% are non-families. 29.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 15.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.55 and the average family size is 3.18. In the village the population is spread out with 29.4% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 84.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.4 males. The median income for a household in the village is $24,938, and the median income for a family is $34,375. Males have a median income of $31,328 versus $17,381 for females. The per capita income for the village is $13,138. 21.7% of the population and 17.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 29.5% are under the age of 18 and 17.8% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Seaman, Ohio."
Synonyms: SeamanSynonyms: gob (n), mariner (n), old salt (n), sea dog (n), seafarer (n), tar (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Mariner | Noun: sailor, mariner, navigator; seaman, seafarer, seafaring man; dock walloper; tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A. B.; man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy; skipper; shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman; bargee, gondolier; oar, oarsman; rower; boatswain, coxswain; steersman, pilot; crew. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Seaman |
| English words defined with "seaman": able seaman, able-bodied seaman, Afterguard ♦ Fresh-water ♦ Master mariner ♦ Nuncupative will ♦ sea lawyer, seamanlike, seamanly, Seamen, Shipman ♦ To bring to the gangway, To look out ♦ Waister, whaler. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "seaman": privileged will. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Seaman" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Scottish (a nail). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Extraordinary Seaman (1969) He-Man Seaman (1962) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Seaman Shorty Fuentes adjusts navigation transponder Installation party for microwave navigation system Party off of WHITING. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Air gun for sub-bottom profiling Able-bodied Seaman Bob Rojecki making adjustments prior to deployment Used off of the SURVEYOR. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Assistant Survey Tech Maureen Goff and Ordinary Seaman Matt Monaghan at work in RA-2. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Ordinary Seaman Matt Monaghan dodging the ice in RA-2. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Seaman Surveyor Dave Ospenson enters the water to assist with tide gauge installation. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Ensign Dann Karlson assists divers with tide gauge installation, while Lt. E. J. Van Den Ameele (Field Operations Officer) and Ordinary Seaman Chip Miller prepare additional gear. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Survey Tech Sandy Zirnheld and Ensign Angie Venturato leveling the tide staff Ordinary Seaman Chip Miller looks on. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Lieutenant Commander Dave Kruth and Lieutenant E. J. Van Den Ameele discuss navigation while Seaman Surveyor Chris Alexander keeps a lookout and Seaman Surveyor Eric Heiner minds the helm. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Deck hand Mike Theberge and seaman surveyor Leroy Johnson with fish caught off Clipperton Island during STAR 2000. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | MH-53J from 21st Special Operations rescues seaman. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Sextus Propertius | The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | However, the convict had, at length, managed to make his way down to the seaman. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | South Africa | No further action was taken in the 2000 case in which a black navy seaman shot and killed his white commanding officer at Simons Town naval base and then committed suicide, or in the 1999 case in which a black lieutenant killed six white officers at an army base in Tempe before he was shot and killed. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Seaman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.33% of the time. "Seaman" is used about 217 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.33% | 183 | 22,794 |
| Noun (proper) | 15.67% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Total | 100.00% | 217 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "seaman" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Seaman | Last name | 5,000 | 2,464 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Seaman, OH (village, FIPS 71206) |
Expressions using "seaman": Able seaman ♦ Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman ♦ Elizabeth Seaman ♦ leading seaman ♦ ordinary seaman ♦ qualified fishing seaman ♦ Seaman Apprentice ♦ seaman recruit ♦ seaman ship. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "seaman": seaman-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "seaman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | marinar (gob, hand, mariner, reefer, sailor, seafarer), lundërtar (bargee, boatman, navigator, punter, sailor, seafarer, voyager), detar (hand, Jack, marine, mariner, maritime, nautical, naval, sailor, sea, seafarer, seafaring, seagoing, tar). (various references) | |
Arabic | ملاح (boatman, mariner, navigator, sailor, salt, seafarer, tar), نوتي (seagoing), جندي بحري, بحار (gob, man of arms, mariner, navigator, rating, sailor, sea man, seafarer, seasickness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | моряк (flatfoot, hearty, jolly, mariner, navigator, sailor, seafarer, seafaring man, shipman, swab, tar, tarpaulin), мореплавател (navigator, sailor, seafarer), матрос (deck hand, sailor, tar). (various references) | |
Chinese | 海员 (Seamen), 水手 (mariner, sailor). (various references) | |
Czech | námořník (jack tar, mariner, rating, sailor, seafarer). (various references) | |
Danish | soemand, soemaend (sailor), kabelmontoer. (various references) | |
Dutch | zeeman (sailor), zeekabellegger, matroos der 2e klasse (Able Rating, Ordinary Rating), matroos der 1e klasse (Able Rating, Ordinary Rating), korporaal (corporal), eerste matroos (licensed deck hand), bemanningen van koopvaardijschepen (sailor). (various references) | |
Farsi | ملوان (Gob, Gone, Leatherneck, Sailor, Shipman). (various references) | |
Finnish | merimies (sailor), matruusi (sailor), laivamies. (various references) | |
French | marin (of the sea, sea, sea-, seafarer, seagoing). (various references) | |
German | Seemann (mariner, navigator, sailor). (various references) | |
Greek | ναυτικός (maritime, nautical, naval). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מלח (mariner, sailor, seafarer), ימאי (nautical, sailor, seafarer), יור" ים (mariner, sailor, seafarer). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tengerész (gob, marine, mariner, matelot, navigator, ordinary seaman, sailor, seafarer, seafaring man, swiss admiral, tar), matróz (boatman, boatmen, jack-tar, lascar, matelot, ordinary seaman, private, sailor, tar), hajós (boatman, boatmen, navigator, sailor, seafaring, seamen). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bahariawan. (various references) | |
Italian | marinaio (Jack, mariner, sailor, skipper). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 船乗り (getting on board, sailor), 海" (sailor). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ふなのり (getting on board, sailor), かいい" (carrying off by deception, changing seals, drinking and carousing together, hospital opening, kidnap, member, opening congress, sailor, the membership). (various references) | |
Korean | 원 (mariner, sailor, Seamen). (various references) | |
Manx | shiaulteyr (ferroman, matelot, sailor, seafarer), marrinagh (deckhand, mariner, sailor, seafarer, seafaring). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eamansay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | navegador (navigating, navigating officer, pilot, seafaring, voyager), marujo (gob, hearty, jack, sailor, salt), marinheiro (bluejacket, boot, gob, hand, mariner, navigating officer, navigator, oil tar, sailor, seafarer, tar, tarpaulin), marítimo (marine, maritime, nautical, naval, oceanic, salt-water, seaside), instalador de cabos submarinos, homem do mar (seafarer), guarda-cabos. (various references) | |
Romanian | matroz (sailor), matelot (sailor), marinar (blue, Jack, mariner, navigator, sailor, seafaring man). (various references) | |
Russian | моряк (mariner, sailor, seafarer, seamen), матрос (deckhand, handy man, jack tar, liberty man, mariner, sailor). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pomorac, mornar (deckhand, jack, mariner, sailor). (various references) | |
Spanish | marinero (bluejacket, Jack, man, mariner, rating, sailor, seafarer, seafaring, seagoing, tar). (various references) | |
Swedish | sjöman (hand, Jack, mariner, sailor, tar), matros (able seaman, Jack, rating, sailor), gast (ghost, hand, phantom). (various references) | |
Turkish | gemici (bluejacket, gob, jack tar, mariner, navigator, sailor, seafarer, tar), denizci er (gob, jack tar, seaman recruit), denizci (gob, krooboy, mariner, navigator, sailor, tar). (various references) | |
Turkmen | matros (r) (sailor). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | моряк (blue, gob, mariner, sailer, sailor, seafarer), матрос (sailor, tar). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thuỷ thủ người giỏi nghề đi biển. (various references) | |
Welsh | morwr (mariner, sailor). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | nautae, nautas, nautis. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | flota. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "seaman": seamanlike, seamanly, seamanship, seamanships. (additional references) | |
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"Seaman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cumaean, Esfahan, eshman, Keamann, Saalman, Saanans, Saanen, Saeima, Saemol, Sakmann, Salamano, samain, Samangan, Samawna, samin, samjan, sanaan, Sanam, Saramma, sasanian, Sazmane, seafan, seamas, seameo, Seamon, Seanad, Seanin, seasan, seaxan, Seaya, seedman, seeman, seemanii, Seemann, seemar, segamo, Seima, seimen, seimon, seitan, Sekanina, Sela'an, selatan, Semaine, seman, semana, semane, Semang, semant, Senmao, serman, sieman, Siimann, skaman, soman, Soumana, spamen, speakman, Sranan, Teiman. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "seaman" (pronounced sē"mun) |
| 5 | s ē" m u n | seamen, semen. |
| 4 | -ē" m u n | daemon, demon, Freeman, Leman. |
| 3 | -m u n | famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, dairymen, Daman, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seedsman, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-m-n-s" | |
-1 letter: amens, ansae, manas, manes, manse, means, mensa, names, nemas. | |
-2 letters: amas, amen, anas, anes, ansa, asea, maes, mana, mane, mans, mean, mesa, name, nema, same, sane, seam. | |
-3 letters: aas, ama, ana, ane, ems, ens, mae, man, mas, men, nae, nam, sae, sea, sen. | |
-4 letters: aa, ae, am, an, as, em, en, es, ma, me. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-m-n-s" | |
+1 letter: amnesia, anadems, anemias, baseman, maenads, manages, sagamen. | |
+2 letters: adenomas, amentias, amnesiac, amnesias, anaemias, animates, beadsman, dalesman, emanates, gamelans, gamesman, headsman, leadsman, maenades, magentas, magnates, magnesia, manacles, managers, manatees, mandates, manteaus, namesake, nametags, paeanism, pampeans, salesman, sarmenta, seamanly, spaceman, spearman, talesman. | |
+3 letters: abasement, abashment, adamances, amassment, amberinas, ambiances, amnesiacs, ampersand, analcimes, analemmas, anamneses, anamnesis, anathemas, anatomies, anatomise, animaters, anomalies, anoxemias, armaments, calamines, comanages, damascene, deaminase, deathsman, diamantes, egomanias, emanators, empanadas, endamages, endamebas, entamebas, grandames, gravamens, haematins, laminates, magazines, magdalens, magnesian, magnesias, mandrakes, mangabeys, mangabies, manganese, mansarded, manslayer, marinades, marinates, maryjanes, melanomas, metazoans, mismanage, namesakes, nizamates, paeanisms, paraments, pearmains, sacrament, safetyman, salarymen, stableman, staminate, statesman, tradesman, unashamed, washerman. | |
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