Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leading seaman

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: lead-ing sea-man
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A non-commissioned officer in the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Navy, ranking above able seaman and below petty officer.

Australian usage; British usage

noun

A non-commissioned officer in the Canadian Forces Maritime Command, ranking above able seaman and below master seaman.

Canadian usage

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Military.

Inflected Forms

leading seamen (plural)

Questions

What does leading seaman mean?: A non-commissioned officer in the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Navy, ranking above able seaman and below petty officer.

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