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forecastleman en · NOUN

Etymology

From forecastle + -man.

Meanings

1. A crew member whose station is the forecastle, or whose quarters are below it.
   • […] of all the sections of a ship's company, the forecastlemen, veterans for the most part and bigoted in their sea-prejudices, are the most jealous in resenting territorial encroachments […] 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 12, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
   • Then in anger the forecastleman addressed the king: "Give heed to your rank, lord, so that you do not turn tail in defending the poopdeck more than I do in defending the prow." 2003, Oddr Snorrason, translated by Theodore M. Andersson, The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 122:

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