What is another word for seamen?

Pronunciation: [sˈiːmɛn] (IPA)

Seamen were historically known as sailors, mariners, seafarers, or navy men. These synonyms described individuals who worked on ships, either transporting cargo or fighting for their country. Nowadays, the term seamen is considered gender-biased and less frequently used. As a result, synonymous terms such as seafolks, navigators, and shipmates have emerged, portraying the diversity and inclusiveness of the industry. Seamen who work in commercial or cargo ships can also be referred to as deckhands, while those who work in research vessels or oil rigs can be referred to as oceanographers or offshore workers. Whatever the term may be, one thing remains true - these individuals play a crucial role in navigating the world's waterways.

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Usage examples for Seamen

seamen cannot raise the wind nor direct its course, but they can put themselves in the way of the great regular winds.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
Still, there were not four capable seamen on board the Tillicum!
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
I read letters in which these seamen say they have not seen their families for seven or eight months.
"Command"
William McFee

Famous quotes with Seamen

  • Not only the priceless heritage of our fathers, of our seamen, of our Empire builders is being thrown away in a war that serves no British interests - but our alliance leader Stalin dreams of nothing but the destruction of that heritage of our fathers?
    John Amery
  • When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.
    Diogenes
  • There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen.
    Thomas B. Macaulay
  • Pirates! No true honest seamen, these, with their strange contrast of finery and ruffianism. Tarry breeks and seamen's shirts, yet silken sashes lapped their waists; no stockings to their legs, yet many had on silver-buckled shoes and heavy gold rings to their fingers. Great gems dangled from many a heavy gold hoop serving as an ear ring. Not an honest sailorman's knife among them, but costly Spanish and Italian daggers. Their gauds, their ferocious faces, their wild and blasphemous bearing stamped them with the mark of their red trade.
    Robert E. Howard
  • There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles II. But the seamen were not gentlemen, and the gentlemen were not seamen.
    Thomas Babington Macaulay

Related words: boat seamen, sailor, ship seamen, seaman's war

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