Locative, with verbal nouns, participial adjectives, and agent nouns.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] (74) water?1570 Locative, with verbal nouns, participial adjectives, and agent nouns. man-of-war1599 = man-of-war's-man n. at sense 2c. Obsolete. rare. navy-man1679 man-of-war's-man1745 man-of-war's-man n. a sailor serving on a warship or other fighting vessel. Now chiefly historical. blue jacket1776 a sailor in the navy; esp. a seaman as distinguished from a marine. ocean-warrior1801 blue1806 A person in a blue uniform. A sailor in the navy. Now rare. web foot1846 U.S. Military slang. Often as one word or with hyphen. A member of the navy. Chiefly in plural, esp. in Uncle Sam's web feet, Uncle Samuel's web feet… gobby1883 A sailor, an ordinary seaman; spec. (British) one assigned to duties on the quarterdeck. Also (British): a coastguard. Frequently (and in earliest… nautic1909 colloquial. A sailor, esp. one in the Royal Navy. Subcategories:— woman (2) — ordinary seaman (11) — enlisted man (2) — recruit (2) — pressed man (1) — volunteer (1) — reserve (2) — long-service man (1) — sailor with specific quality (3) — member of specific fleet, etc. (3) — member of gun's crew (2) — powder-boy (3) — torpedoist (3) — artificer (2) — Asdic operator (2) — submariner (3) — signalman (1) — member of boarding party (1) — day duty only (1) — writer (1) — others (15) — specific mess (2) |
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