noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
able seaman
merchant seaman
ordinary seaman
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
able
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He transferred shortly afterwards to the Dragon as an able seaman , but in 1761 he joined the Arrogant as a midshipman.
merchant
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Two merchant seamen in the engine room were killed immediately and a third died later on a lifeboat.
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When he earned his law degree in 1933, he had already worked as a merchant seaman .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And he seemed to get closer to these seamen because of that.
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But at any rate they are an able boat crew and the other seamen of the Pequod accept them.
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It was a bright little place where the customers were mostly seamen.
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Now the stranger was standing on the quayside, watching several straining seamen carry a large, brass-bound chest down the gangplank.
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Such subversive navigation by an inferior was forbidden in the Royal Navy, as the unnamed seaman well knew.
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The seamen live at the other end the ship, or forward part.
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The fire which ironically had the purpose of killing Ralph and the island, saved them as a seaman spotted the smoke.
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The merchants and seamen called for a committee to consider the current state of affairs.