The lowest rank of sailor in the Royal Navy, below able seaman.
二等水兵(英国皇家海军的最低军衔)
Example sentencesExamples
There is some attempt to suggest the difference between officers of rank, who wear hats, and ordinary seamen, who do not.
He had been serving for three years as an ordinary seaman on an English sailing ship and spoke English perfectly.
He was promoted to an able, then demoted back to an ordinary seaman for again fighting with a petty officer.
Crew from the admiral down to ordinary seamen had no enmity towards their opposite numbers.
It was said that an ordinary seaman on the Admiral's flagship publicly disagreed with this conclusion and was promptly hanged from the yardarm for his insubordination.
Definition of ordinary seaman in US English:
ordinary seaman
nounˈôrdnˌerē ˈsēmənˈɔrdnˌɛri ˈsimən
The lowest rank of merchant seaman, below able-bodied seaman.
二等水兵(英国皇家海军的最低军衔)
Example sentencesExamples
He had been serving for three years as an ordinary seaman on an English sailing ship and spoke English perfectly.
It was said that an ordinary seaman on the Admiral's flagship publicly disagreed with this conclusion and was promptly hanged from the yardarm for his insubordination.
There is some attempt to suggest the difference between officers of rank, who wear hats, and ordinary seamen, who do not.
Crew from the admiral down to ordinary seamen had no enmity towards their opposite numbers.
He was promoted to an able, then demoted back to an ordinary seaman for again fighting with a petty officer.