| 单词 | ordinary seaman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasordinary seaman ordinary seaman n. Nautical a sailor of the lowest grade, ranking below an able seaman; abbreviation O.S. (see O n.1 Initialisms 1). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > ordinary seaman common sailor1698 ordinary seaman1702 OS1802 ranker1890 O.D.1916 hostile ord1919 erk1925 white hat1952 rate1977 1702 Proclam. 1 June in London Gaz. No. 3815/2 To..Able Seamen, Ordinary Seamen, Two Eighth Parts. 1829 G. Jones Sketches Naval Life I. 47 The second class receives two dollars less, and includes what are denominated ordinary seamen, men accustomed to salt water, but not so expert as the former. 1916 Polit. Sci. Q. 31 35 In April the Atlantic division of the International Seamen's Union set up a new scale of wages, amounting in the case of ordinary seamen to 50 per cent. 2001 Navy News Sept. 18/6 I've got people who joined as ordinary seamen who've gone on to command the Navy's destroyers as captains. < as lemmas |
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