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seaman apprentice

American  

noun

U.S. Navy and Coast Guard.
  1. a noncommissioned enlisted person ranking above seaman recruit and below seaman. SA


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And Khrzielle Vargas, a 21-year-old seaman apprentice from Fremont, Calif., was strolling through Times Square on Thursday afternoon in her white trousers, white jumper top and white sailor hat.

From New York Times • May 28, 2022

Navy veteran who served as a supply clerk seaman apprentice from 2005 to 2007, Chansley was kicked out for refusing an anthrax vaccine, military records show.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 2021

The sailor, Ryan Sawyer Mays, 20, joined the service in May 2019 and holds the rank of seaman apprentice, according to Navy records.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2021

The sailor is a seaman apprentice, Robertson said.

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2021

"He is an enlisted man," he said, bitterly, "not a passed seaman apprentice; so I downed him easily with a few words."

From The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility by Robertson, Morgan