Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A common sailor; a man before the mast.
- noun On a man-of-war, a man stationed at the foremast to keep the ropes, etc., in order.
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Examples
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But as the moon peeped forth from behind a hail-shower, they saw that a strange foremastman was standing in the scuppers, and baling the water out of the boat as fast as it poured in.
Weird Tales from Northern Seas Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie 1870
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