seaman
意味
- 水夫,船乗り,船員
- (米国海軍および沿岸警備隊の)水兵,(英国の特に下士官以下の)水兵
- 船の操縦のうまい人
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English seeman, seman, from Old English sǣmann. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Seemon (“seaman, sailor”), West Frisian seeman (“seaman, sailor”), Dutch zeeman (“seaman, sailor”), German Low German Seemann (“seaman, sailor”), German Seemann (“seaman, sailor”), Swedish sjöman (“seaman, sailor”), Norwegian sjømann (“seaman, sailor”). Equivalent to sea + -man.