Noun: seaman (seamen) see-mun
- A person who serves as a sailor
"The old seaman regaled us with tales of his voyages";
- mariner, tar, Jack-tar, Jack [informal], old salt, seafarer, gob [US, informal], sea dog
- Muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922)
- Elizabeth Seaman, Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, Nellie Bly
Sounds like: seaman
Derived forms: seamen
Type of: adult male, bozo [N. Amer, informal], cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], hombre [N. Amer, informal], journalist, journo [Brit, informal], man, sailor, scribbler [informal], scribe [informal], sod [informal]
Encyclopedia: Seaman, Ohio