second mate

the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the first mate.

Also called second officer.

Words nearby second mate

At the end of that time, I went on board the Sally, a ship also bound to Greenock, as her second-mate.

Ned Myers |James Fenimore Cooper
The second-mate was so astounded at what he regarded as super-colossal impudence and ingratitude, that he just gasped.

Captain Calamity |Rolf Bennett
"Half a mo, Mac," said the second-mate, as the engineer made another attempt to escape.

Captain Calamity |Rolf Bennett
I shipped as a sort of second-mate, keeping a watch, though I lived forward at my own request.

Ned Myers |James Fenimore Cooper

It was actually greater preferment for me than when I was raised from third to be second-mate.

Afloat And Ashore |James Fenimore Cooper

second mate

the next in command of a merchant vessel after the first mate Also called: second officer