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Noun: seaman (seamen)  see-mun
  1. A man who serves as a sailor
    - mariner, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob [US, informal], sea dog
Noun: Seaman
  1. Muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922)
    - Elizabeth Seaman, Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, Nellie Bly

Sounds like: seaman

Derived forms: seamen

Type of: crewman, journalist, journo [Brit, informal], penman [informal], sailor, scribbler [informal], scribe [informal]

Encyclopedia: Seaman, Richard