Hypertext Webster Gateway: "seamen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Seaman \Sea"man\, n.; pl. {Seamen}.
A merman; the male of the mermaid. [R.] ``Not to mention
mermaids or seamen.'' --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Seaman \Sea"man\, n.; pl. {Seamen}. [AS. s[ae]man.]
One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships
at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and
common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to
{landman}, or {landsman}.
{Able seaman}, a sailor who is practically conversant with
all the duties of common seamanship.
{ordinary seaman}. See {Ordinary}.
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