merchant seaman
Cargo ship worker
A merchant seaman is a sailor who works on commercial ships rather than military vessels—cargo ships, tankers, cruise liners, and other vessels engaged in trade or transport.
The term encompasses all crew members from deckhands to officers.
Also called merchant mariner.
His grandfather served as a merchant seaman during the war, running supply convoys across the Atlantic.
- cargo shipVessel for transporting goods
- deckhandShip's manual laborer
- shipping lanesDesignated ocean travel paths
- deep seaLightless ocean zone
- seamanshipSkill in operating vessels
tanker · union card · captain · bosun · sea shanties · cook · knot tying · engineer · radio communication · steward · shore leave · first mate · engine room · navigation · flag of convenience · cargo hold · ferry · tugboat
- seafarerssailor, mariner, navy sailor, skipper, helmsman
- shippingshipping, cargo ships, container ships, freight, package
- traveling workersseasonal laborer, traveling salesman, traveling nurse, journeyman, roadie
merchant seamannavy sailor
Military seafarer
bluejacket · naval officer · marine · petty officer · submariner
merchant seamanlandsman
Inexperienced crew member
landlubber · truck driver · longshoreman · dockworker · stevedore
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