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seaman

  ('mən) pronunciation
n.
  1. A mariner or sailor.
    1. (Abbr. SN) A noncommissioned rank in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard that is above seaman apprentice and below petty officer.
    2. One who holds the rank of seaman, seaman apprentice, or seaman recruit.

 
 
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noun

    A person engaged in sailing or working on a ship: jack (uppercase), jack-tar, mariner, navigator, sailor, sea dog, seafarer. Informal salt, tar. Slang gob3. See sea.

 

n. pl. -men 1. a person who works as a sailor, especially one below the rank of officer.

2. a sailor of the lowest rank in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer.

3. a person regarded in terms of their ability to captain or crew a boat or ship: he's the best seaman on the coast.

seamanlike adj.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

 

An enlisted sailor in the pay grade E-3, equivalent to a Marine lance corporal. The non-rated grades wear slash marks on the upper left arm only. Seaman is a "deck force" rate and is indicated with white slashes. Airman is an "aviation" rate and is indicated with green slashes. Fireman is a mechanical rate and is indicated with red slashes. Constructionman is for members of Navy Construction Battalions (Sea Bees) and the slashes are blue.

 
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Common Military Ranks
Navies
(English-speaking
world)
Armies and
some Air Forces
Air Forces
(Commonwealth)
Admiral of the Fleet Field Marshal Marshal of the Air Force
Admiral General Air Chief Marshal
Commodore Brigadier Air Commodore
Captain Colonel Group Captain
Commander Lieutenant Colonel Wing Commander
Lieutenant Commander Major Squadron Leader
Lieutenant Captain Flight Lieutenant
Sub-Lieutenant Lieutenant Flying Officer
Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Warrant Officer
Petty Officer Sergeant Sergeant
Leading Rate Corporal Corporal
Seaman Private Aircraftman

Seaman as a rate refers to the one of the lowest rates in a navy. In Commonwealth context it refers to the lowest rank in the navy, followed by Able Seaman and Leading Seaman, and followed by the Petty Officer ranks.

United States

E-3 insignia (airman)
Constructionman
variation

E-3 insignia (fireman)
Fireman
variation

E-3 insignia (airman)
Airman
variation

E-3 insignia
Seaman
insignia

Seaman is the third lowest enlisted rate in the U.S. Navy and other navies. For the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard the rate is just above Seaman Apprentice and below Petty Officer Third Class; this rate was formerly known as Seaman First Class.

The actual title for an E-3 in the U.S. Navy varies based on the community to which the sailor belongs. Likewise, the color of their group rate marks also depends on their community.

  • Those in the general deck and administrative community are Seamen. They wear White stripes on navy blue uniforms, and navy blue (black) stripes on white uniforms.
  • Hospital Corpsmen are Hospitalmen. They are the only rate in this community. They wear White stripes on navy blue uniforms, and navy blue stripes on white uniforms.
  • Those in the engineering and hull community are called Firemen and wear red stripes on both navy blue and white uniforms.
  • Those in the aviation community are called Airmen and wear green stripes on both navy blue and white uniforms.
  • Seabees are called Constructionmen and wear light blue stripes on both navy blue and white uniforms.

No stripes are worn on the working uniforms - coveralls or utilities.

In October, 2005, the Dental Technician rating was merged with the Hospital Corpsman rating, eliminating the Dentalman title. Those who once held the rank of Dentalman have instead become Hospitalmen.

Sailors who have completed the requirements to be assigned a rating and have been accepted by the Bureau of Naval Personnel as holding that rating (a process called "striking") are called Designated Strikers, and are called by their full rate and rating in formal communications (ie, Machinist's Mate Fireman, as opposed to simply Fireman), though the rating is often left off in informal communication. Those who have not officially been assigned to a rating are officially referred to as "Undesignated" or "Non-rates."

United States Coast Guard seamen wear white/silver insignia.

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Translations: Translations for: Seaman

Dansk (Danish)
n. - sømand, matros

Nederlands (Dutch)
zeeman

Français (French)
n. - (Mil, Naut) matelot, marin

Deutsch (German)
n. - Seemann, Matrose

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ναύτης, ναυτικός

Italiano (Italian)
marinaio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - marinheiro (m)

Русский (Russian)
моряк, мореплаватель, матрос

Español (Spanish)
n. - marinero, marino

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sjöman

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
海员, 水兵, 水手

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 海員, 水兵, 水手

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 선원, 남자 인어, 수병

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 航海者, 水夫, 海員

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جندي بحري, ملاح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יורד-ים, ימאי פשוט‬


 
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