Home › Words › M › mizzentopmanmizzentopmanmizzentopman means A sailor assigned to the mizzentop on a sailing ship.EtymologyFrom mizzentop + man.nounA sailor assigned to the mizzentop on a sailing ship.e.g.“Soon after, the foresail was reefed, and we mizen-top men were sent up to take another reef in the mizen topsail.” — 1840, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Two Years Before the Mast, New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909-14, Chapter XXIV:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.mizzentop 73% match — A framework and platform at the top of the lower mizzenmast of a sailing ship vs mizzentopman →mizzentopmast 72% match — The mast section below the topgallant and above the mizzenmast. vs mizzentopman →mainmastman 71% match — A sailor assigned to the mainmast vs mizzentopman →maintop 64% match — A platform at the top of a square-rigged vessel's mainmast; used for observation and for the attachment of rigging. vs mizzentopman →foremastman 62% match — Any sailor below the rank of petty officer. vs mizzentopman →midshipperson 60% match — A male or female midshipman. vs mizzentopman →topmast 58% match — The highest mast in a fore-and-aft-rigged ship. vs mizzentopman →middy 57% match — A midshipman. vs mizzentopman →