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View synonyms for deck hand

deck hand

noun

  1. Nautical. a sailor whose duties are performed on deck.


deck hand

noun

  1. a seaman assigned various duties, such as mooring and cargo handling, on the deck of a ship
  2. (in Britain) a seaman over 17 years of age who has seen sea duty for at least one year
  3. a helper aboard a yacht
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of deck hand1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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Example Sentences

If his new deck-hand and cook's mate would come alongside at five or thereabouts, he would see to their adequate reception.

You had but to scratch lightly a mate or a deck-hand to find the old keel-boatman savagery.

He swapped his neat suit of brown with a deck-hand, and received some particularly unkempt garments.

A deck-hand tossed a cast-line to the steamer's deck, and Mayo promptly threw it back.

A deck-hand jumped ashore with a rope, while the man at the wheel gave gruff directions.

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