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A merchant seaman may refer to:
- A seaman employed in merchant shipping
- A member of a Merchant Navy or Merchant Marine
Usage examples of "merchant seaman".
But you would need a merchant seaman's card to prove you were a seaman.
The old superannuated mate, a sturdy merchant seaman, seemed greatly dismayed at the successive defeats of his allies, and I believe would have gladly concluded a separate peace.
He attempted to make his first impulses those of the ex-merchant seaman or lorry driver that he hoped to become.
She turned with a start to see Henry Whitesmith rushing toward her holding a full tankard of ale in his hand and wearing the garb of a merchant seaman.
Born in central Vietnam in 1890, he traveled widely as a merchant seaman, spent time in the United States, learned seven languages, and saw communism as the most effective way to unite his country to expel the colonialists.
The naval architects have their opinions, but the practical merchant seaman is not consulted.
In the far right-hand corner is one for a merchant seaman, Shepton.
Evidently she had been slipping out nights to meet a Swedish merchant seaman with the Northern Pacific Line.
A tall, broad-shouldered stranger with red hair, who appeared to be a merchant seaman, was standing on the porch.