South-seamann.

Brit.

/saʊθˈsiːmən/, U.S.

/saʊθˈsimən/

Inflections: Plural South-seamen.

Forms: also with capital initial in the second element.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: South Sea n., man n.¹

Etymology: < South Sea n. + man n.¹ (compare man n.¹ 25).

Now historical.

A vessel trading in the (South) Pacific Ocean. Also: a whaleboat used in these seas.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > [noun] > trading to or from specific place

West Indies man1587

Indiaman1588

West Indy man1616

Lubecker1627

Chinaman1653

East Indiaman1675

West Indiaman1689

South-seaman1728

Levanter1812

Indianeer1840

South Spainer1856

1728 W. Betagh Voy. round World 309 We might well wonder to find such a ship in that part of the world, but were afterwards informd by French prisoners that she was a South-Seaman bound to St. Malo.

1767 Jrnl. Voy. H.M.S. Dolphin 25 A Spanish South Seaman was obliged to put into this port in order to heave down, and repair the damage she had sustained.

1805 Naval Chron. 14 169 One Store-ship, and a captured English South Seaman.

1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale 293 Those very people have massacred nearly the whole of the crew of a South-seaman.

1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ vi. 51 The clear and sweet oil..landed from a south-seaman.

1948 B. Lubbock in C. E. Fayle et al. Trade Winds i. iv. 94 The Southseaman differed from the Greenlandman in her brick tryworks necessary for boiling the oil out of the blubber.

1999 T. Severin In Search Moby Dick (2000) ii. 73 English whaleships heading for the Pacific, South Seamen as they were called, were required to carry a doctor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	south-seaman
释义	South-seamann. Brit. /saʊθˈsiːmən/, U.S. /saʊθˈsimən/ Inflections: Plural South-seamen. Forms: also with capital initial in the second element. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: South Sea n., man n.¹ Etymology: < South Sea n. + man n.¹ (compare man n.¹ 25). Now historical. A vessel trading in the (South) Pacific Ocean. Also: a whaleboat used in these seas. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > [noun] > trading to or from specific place West Indies man1587 Indiaman1588 West Indy man1616 Lubecker1627 Chinaman1653 East Indiaman1675 West Indiaman1689 South-seaman1728 Levanter1812 Indianeer1840 South Spainer1856 1728 W. Betagh Voy. round World 309 We might well wonder to find such a ship in that part of the world, but were afterwards informd by French prisoners that she was a South-Seaman bound to St. Malo. 1767 Jrnl. Voy. H.M.S. Dolphin 25 A Spanish South Seaman was obliged to put into this port in order to heave down, and repair the damage she had sustained. 1805 Naval Chron. 14 169 One Store-ship, and a captured English South Seaman. 1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale 293 Those very people have massacred nearly the whole of the crew of a South-seaman. 1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ vi. 51 The clear and sweet oil..landed from a south-seaman. 1948 B. Lubbock in C. E. Fayle et al. Trade Winds i. iv. 94 The Southseaman differed from the Greenlandman in her brick tryworks necessary for boiling the oil out of the blubber. 1999 T. Severin In Search Moby Dick (2000) ii. 73 English whaleships heading for the Pacific, South Seamen as they were called, were required to carry a doctor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1728
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