Noun

(seamen)

A mariner or sailor, one who mans a ship. Opposed to landman or landsman.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03

, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter , title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , volume=100, issue=2, page=87 , magazine= citation , passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen ? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}

(British, Navy) The lowest ranking in the Navy, below Able Seaman.

(US, Navy) An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice.

A merman; the male of the mermaid.

Not to mention mermaids or seamen. — .

Noun

(rivermen)

A man who lives or works on a river.

*{{quote-book, year=1913, author=Harry Lincoln Sayler, title=On the Edge of the Arctic, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=It was curious to note the skill with which the veteran riverman allowed the current to carry his boats on their way, and the ease with which they were finally drawn in to the bank opposite the freight cars. }}

*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=Emerson Hough, title=The Young Alaskans on the Missouri, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=At last they lay alongside a little landing to which a houseboat was moored, occupied by a riverman whom Uncle Dick seemed to know. }}