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A seaman is a person who works on a ship, especially an ordinary sailor rather than an officer. In a navy, 'seaman' is also an actual rank, below the officers. It is an old and slightly formal word - in everyday speech, people are more likely to just say 'sailor.'
水手、海員（尤指較基層的船員；在海軍中也是一個正式軍階名稱）
組成sea + man (a person connected to the sea, through their work)
同家族的字
- airmansame pattern - a compound word ending in '-man' for someone whose job matches the first word
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Seamanname
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A surname originating as an occupation.
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A village in Scott Township, Adams County, Ohio, United States, named after the Seaman family.
seamannoun/ˈsiːmən/
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Synonym of sailor, particularly on a maritime vessel.
- But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea. […] Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.
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A person of the lowest rank in the Navy, below able seaman.
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An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice.
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A merman; the male of the mermaid.
- , Book III not to mention what is confidently reported of mermaids, or sea-men
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。