Synonyms for seamen
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : see-muh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsi mən |
Top 10 synonyms for seamen Other synonyms for the word seamen
Définition of seamen
Origin :- "a sailor," Old English sæmanna (plural); see sea + man (n.). Cf. Dutch zeeman, German Seemann, Old Norse sjomaðr.
- noun mariner
- Most of them went on to New York, and were swallowed up in the great vortex of seamen.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Nelson, at the head of a few of his seamen, leaped upon the beach.
- Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
- My seamen are now what British seamen ought to be—almost invincible.
- Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
- So it is that seamen love these birds and look for halcyon weather.
- Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
- The seamen in return purvey the needful luxuries for lumber-camps.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
- She shows her power on the seas and for this reason the seamen worship her.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Neither the Arabs nor the seamen, however, lost any unnecessary time at the meal.
- Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Seamen, you know, are superstitious on the subject of corpses.
- Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
- This saint became the Christian successor of Neptune, as the protector of seamen.
- Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
- The romance in the belief of the seamen had got hold of her, had touched her.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
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