Definitions for ordinary seaman
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
or′dinary sea′man(n.)
a seaman insufficiently skilled to be classified as an able-bodied seaman.
Category: Navy
Ref: Abbr.: O.S. 6 6
Origin of ordinary seaman:
1695–1705
Wiktionary
ordinary seaman(Noun)
the lowest grade of seaman in the merchant marine; the grade below able seaman
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