Seaman

·noun A merman; the male of the mermaid.

II. Seaman ·noun 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.

seaman
This is a term seldom bestowed among seafaring men upon their associates, unless they are known to b...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Seaman, Owen
(b. 1861) Parodist, etc. Oedipus and the Wreck (1888), Horace at Cambridge (1894), In Cap and Bells...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
ordinary seaman
The rating for one who can make himself useful on board, even to going aloft, and taking his part on...

The Sailor's Word-Book