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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A swimmer provided with breathing apparatus and other equipment to execute underwater maneuvers, especially military maneuvers.

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  • noun A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear).
  • noun A US Navy SEAL.

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  • noun someone who works underwater

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Examples

  • "Say, sport, " called a frogman who was clinging to a palm tree trunk high above them, -could you maybe assist me in getting down?

    Galaxy Jane Goulart, Ron, 1933- 1986

  • The Memorial Day events this year will be centered on the SEAL Memorial with its statue of a swimming frogman, which is under construction.

    tcpalm.com Stories Joe Crankshaw 2010

  • In reality, roughly 12,000 people have completed either SEAL training or, prior to the founding of the SEALs in 1962, the Navy's "frogman" training, which began during World War II.

    Peter Sumaruck 2010

  • He's the kind of frogman wearing twenty pounds of counterweights

    Hard Lovin' Loser 1998

  • A veteran and former Navy "frogman," Dr. Kizer's confirmation by the Senate would place him in charge of the Veterans Health Administration, the nation's largest health care system.

    Kizer Named Under Secretary For Health At Va ITY National Archives 1994

  • "frogman" training, which began during World War II.

    Lie Detectors 2010

  • i ain't got no home - clarence 'frogman' henry antidotes - the fall

    FallNews - they grease the roads! *truckers' pin-up edition* 1999

  • But, my goodness, whales were big and to prove it there was a lovely shot of a diver hanging like a toy frogman in the water next to a 40-tonne humpback.

    Rewind TV: Ocean Giants; Who Do You Think You Are?; The Story of British Pathé: the Birth of the News; Wilfred – review 2011

  • Black Lieutenant Bars, that he has worn on a tan blouse, with tan slacks, that he wears a frogman tie tack.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • In fact, he was scheduled to go to work on a destroyer when he happened to attend a lecture by a “frogman” with Underwater

    MIKE MEEKS 2010

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  • Amateur frogmen discover a pair of human legs buried

    Mafia-style in cement, deep in an Austrian lake.

    - Peter Reading, Ukulele Music, 1985

    May 30, 2009