seaman - Definition | Dictionary definition of seaman

Definition of seaman

a man who serves as a sailor

Examples:: Captain Kidd
Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701); Sir John Hawkins
English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595)

Types:: show 17 types...; hide 17 types...; able seaman, able-bodied seaman
a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills; bo's'n, bo'sun, boatswain, bos'n, bosun
a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen; deckhand, roustabout
a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor; helmsman, steerer, steersman
the person who steers a ship; cox, coxswain
the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew; bargee, bargeman, lighterman
someone who operates a barge; officer, ship's officer
a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; captain, master, sea captain, skipper
an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship; first mate, mate
the officer below the master on a commercial ship; privateer, privateersman
an officer or crew member of a privateer; purser
an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare; navigator, sailing master
the ship's officer in charge of navigation; steward
the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements; supercargo
an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase; pilot
a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor; sea lawyer
an argumentative and contentious seaman; whaler
a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales