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ordinary seaman
noun
a seaman insufficiently skilled to be classified as an able-bodied seaman. O.D., O.S., o.s.
ordinary seaman
noun
a seaman of the lowest rank, being insufficiently experienced to be an able-bodied seaman
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ordinary seaman1
Example Sentences
Currently, an entry-level “ordinary seaman” makes $23.01 per hour, rising to $27.07 with 5,200 hours experience.
Ordinary seaman: Responsible for cleaning, first aid, firefighting, lookout.
Eventually she signed on for a six-month stint as an ordinary seaman on a ship called the Bay, which was destined for Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean with a large military base.
Freud served briefly in World War II as an ordinary seaman.
And from then on, I had a job as an ordinary seaman.”
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