deckhand
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5.7
- noun
- /ˈdɛkˌhænd/
:
marinero
- As a deckhand, he spent most of his days scrubbing the decks and assisting the captain.
- captain and a deckhand
Examples
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My father was a deckhand his whole life.
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The deckhands empty oysters onto the boat by releasing a door at the bottom of the dredge.
Academic text (1996) -
The deckhand who had been with the group turned and ran.
Fiction book (1992) -
Wait, you were a deckhand?
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The crew consisted of two individuals: the captain and a deckhand.
Academic text (1991) -
They were looking for a new deckhand.
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One of the deckhands remembered the smell of bean cake.
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Crew size is generally 15-16, with captain, mate, pilot, engineers, cook, and deckhands.
Academic text (1991) -
Standing at the bow: 13-year-old deckhand, Louis Rosche, gazed out on the waters before him.
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One of the Mexican deckhands called to the pilot tug bringing them in, wanting to know what the wreckage was.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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4.9
A worker who does physical work on a ship or farm
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1.0
A person who works on a ship as a crew member but not an officer
113
2.4
A person who works as part of a team on a ship, plane, or film set
59
2.8
A person who works on a ship as a crew member below the officers
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3.2
A person who works with others on a ship, aircraft, or vehicle
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3.2
A person who works with others on a ship or plane
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9.9
A person who does hard, simple physical work, often on ships or oil fields
A person who works on the deck of a ship
A sailor who works on the main deck of a ship
A sailor who works on a ship
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Deckhand comes from the words deck, meaning the ship's 'floor', and hand, meaning a 'worker' as in farmhand. So a deckhand is someone who does the hard, physical work on the ship's deck.