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noun (n)

• a man who serves as a sailor(noun.person)

  Synonym:
  gob, jack, jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, tar
  

  source: wordnet30
• muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922)(noun.person)

  Synonym:
  elizabeth cochrane seaman, elizabeth seaman, nellie bly
  

  source: wordnet30
• A merman; the male of the mermaid.(noun)

  source: webster1913
• One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to landman, or landsman.(noun)

  source: webster1913