merchant seaman

Back when Donohue was a merchant seaman, he volunteered to take a beer to each of the hometown neighborhood “boys” in Vietnam.

The naval architects have their opinions, but the practical merchant seaman is not consulted.

In the little cabin two men sat at a table, and one of them was Louis d'Arragon dressed in the rough clothes of a merchant seaman.

Mr. Loftgreen was received on board the Rainbow as English naval officers always receive a brave and distressed merchant seaman.

I have been a resident of Houston since May, 1956, and I am a merchant seaman.

You say that Rodriguez had worked as a merchant seaman prior to the time he went to work as a bartender, is that correct?