Reverse Dictionary: SEAMAN

ADJECTIVES
► KILLICK a leading seaman’s badge → 1915 Brit. nautical sl.

NOUNS
► BETHEL a place of worship for seamen → 1840
► MARINAGE seamanship → 1511 obs.
► MARINARY seamanship; knowledge of navigation → 1684 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► A.B. an able-bodied seaman → 1875 sl.
► BARNACLE a veteran seaman → 1908 US nautical sl.
► BARNACLEBACK a veteran seaman → 1846 US nautical sl.
► BEECHMAN a midshipman → Bk1886 Anglo-Indian
► BEFORE THE MAST an ordinary seaman on a sailing-ship → Bk1958 Eng. nautical sl.
► BIRD a troublesome seaman → E19 nautical sl.
► BUNDLEMAN a married seaman, apparently from the small bundle tied up with a blue handkerchief which married seamen in a home port usually take ashore with them when going on leave → 1895 nautical sl.
► CAT’S-PAW good-looking seamen employed to entice volunteers → nautical
► DAB-DAB a seaman → 20C Royal Navy sl.
► DAB-TOE a seaman → 20C Royal Navy sl.
► DECKAROO a deckhand → 1937 US nautical sl.
► FOREMASTMAN an ordinary seaman → 1674 US 
► GANNET orig. a greedy seaman; a greedy person; esp. a greedy seaman; a glutton; a heavy eater → 1929 sl., orig. naval usage
► GAW-GAW a useless seaman → L19 nautical sl.
► GOB an American sailor or ordinary seaman → 1915 sl., orig. US
► GOBSHITE an enlisted seaman → E20 US naval sl. rare
► GUINEA-PIG an inefficient seaman → 1748 nautical usage
► HALF-MARROW an incompetent seaman → B1900 nautical sl.
► HEART YARN OF THE MAINBRACE a really tough seaman → Bk1950 nautical sl.
► ICE-MASTER a pilot or sailing-master who has special experience in navigating vessels among ice-floes; a pilot or seaman of experience employed to assist in navigating through in the Arctic Ocean → 1853
► KILLICK a leading seaman → 1920 Brit. nautical sl.
► MARINE a man who is ignorant and clumsy about seaman’s work; a greenhorn; a land-lubber → 1840 nautical sl.
► MESSMAN’S HORROR a seaman with an enormous appetite → Bk1950 nautical sl.
► MONKEY’S ORPHAN a term of abuse for a lubberly seaman → 20C Brit. nautical sl.
► MOWREE a New Zealand seaman → L19 Brit. sl.
► NEPTUNIST a navigator; a seaman; a sailor; a nautical person → 1593 obs. rare
► OILY WAD a seaman with no special skill → 1929 Brit. naval sl.
► OLD SOLDIER a worthless seaman → 1840 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► PACKETARIAN a member of the crew of a packet-boat; a merchant seaman → 1867 US hist. rare
► PACKETEER a member of the crew of a packet-boat; a merchant seaman → 1922
► PADDY WESTER an inefficient or novice seaman → 1927 Brit. sl.
► PORT MAHON SAILOR an inferior seaman → 19C naval usage
► ROUGH KNOT a rough or unsophisticated seaman → 1801 nautical usage
► SAILOR-MAN in uneducated and jocular use: a sailor, a seaman, a mariner → 1790
► SALT-ROVER one who sails the seas → 1620 obs.
► SOLDIER a worthless seaman → 1840 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► STRIPEY a long-service able seaman, esp. one with good-conduct stripes → 1942 Brit. naval sl.
► WAISTER a usually green or broken-down seaman stationed in the ‘waist’ of a ship (as a whaling vessel); the lowest caste aboard a warship, usually made up of landsmen, ship’s boys, and apprentice seamen; their principal duties were hauling on braces and downhauls amidships, i.e. in the ship’s waist (the central part of a ship; that part of the deck between the forecastle and the quarterdeck) → 1815 nautical usage

PHRASES
► EVERY HAIR A ROPE YARN said of a tough seaman → 1975 Amer. dial.
► EVERY HAIR A ROPE YARN AND EVERY DROP OF BLOOD STOCKHOLM TAR said of a tough seaman → 1942 Amer. dial.
► KENNING BY KENNING increasing a seaman’s wages by the work he does → c1860 nautical colloq., chiefly used by the old whalers’

VERBS
► SWALLOW THE ANCHOR to give up seafaring life → 1909 US nautical usage