Usually means: Entry-level position on a ship.
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  1. ordinary seaman: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ordinary seaman: Merriam-Webster
  3. ordinary seaman: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ordinary seaman: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. ordinary seaman: Collins English Dictionary
  6. ordinary seaman: Wordnik
  7. ordinary seaman: Wiktionary
  8. ordinary seaman: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Ordinary seaman, ordinary seaman: Dictionary.com
  10. Ordinary Seaman (occupation), Ordinary Seaman (rank), Ordinary Seaman (rating), Ordinary seaman (rank), Ordinary seaman: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. ordinary seaman: FreeDictionary.org
  12. ordinary seaman: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ordinary Seaman (occupation), ordinary seaman: Encyclopedia

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  1. Ordinary Seaman, Ordinary Seaman: Urban Dictionary

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ordinary seaman)

▸ noun:  (nautical) The lowest grade of seaman in the merchant marine; the grade below able-bodied seaman.

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seaman, underseaman, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, leading seaman, midshipman, master seaman, seaman apprentice, ensign, foremastman, more...

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seaman, underseaman, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, leading seaman, midshipman, master seaman, seaman apprentice, ensign, foremastman, more...



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