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Meaning of before the mast | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Having living quarters in the forecastle of a vessel
    literally, not-comparable
  2. Describing seamen rather than officers
    not-comparable

Examples

“Before making lieutenant, he sailed before the mast for five years”
“[...] but under certain circumstances (night watches on a whaling ground) the command of the ship’s deck is also his; therefore the grand political maxim of the sea demands, that he should nominally live⟳ apart from the men before the mast, and be in some way distinguished as their professional superior; [...]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

before-and-after beforecited beforehand beforehand in the world beforementioned beforenamed

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