"Seabee" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Spelling of the initials CB, for construction battalion, with the spelling probably influenced by the words sea (patrolled by the Navy) and bee (a symbol of industriousness).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Seabees",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Seabee (plural Seabees)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "en:Military",
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          "_dis": "99 1",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1971 January 20, “Seabee Unit in Charleston”, in The New York Times, page 15:",
          "text": "The Navy is establishing a new Construction Battalion, or Seabee, unit in Charleston, S. C., Senator Strom Thurmond, Republican of South Carolina, said today.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A construction battalion of the United States Navy, responsible for building, bulldozing, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-Seabee-en-noun-QV9iizce",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "construction",
          "construction"
        ],
        [
          "battalion",
          "battalion"
        ],
        [
          "United States",
          "United States"
        ],
        [
          "Navy",
          "navy"
        ],
        [
          "build",
          "build"
        ],
        [
          "bulldozing",
          "bulldoze"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US military) A construction battalion of the United States Navy, responsible for building, bulldozing, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1945 August 26, “Seabee Battalion Returns”, in The New York Times, page 4:",
          "text": "The Sixty-third Naval Construction Battalion, 15 per cent of which is composed of World War I veterans, arrived here today. The group, which includes 741 Seabees, will be processed for thirty-day leaves before reassignment, the Navy announced.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A member of this force."
      ],
      "id": "en-Seabee-en-noun-Lu0c1oos",
      "links": [
        [
          "member",
          "member"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "similar force in Finnish navy",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "force",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "meripioneerit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "similar specialist in Finnish navy",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "member",
          "word": "meripioneeri"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Seabee"
}

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    "English spelled-out initialisms",
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Finnish translations"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Spelling of the initials CB, for construction battalion, with the spelling probably influenced by the words sea (patrolled by the Navy) and bee (a symbol of industriousness).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Seabees",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Seabee (plural Seabees)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Military"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1971 January 20, “Seabee Unit in Charleston”, in The New York Times, page 15:",
          "text": "The Navy is establishing a new Construction Battalion, or Seabee, unit in Charleston, S. C., Senator Strom Thurmond, Republican of South Carolina, said today.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A construction battalion of the United States Navy, responsible for building, bulldozing, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "construction",
          "construction"
        ],
        [
          "battalion",
          "battalion"
        ],
        [
          "United States",
          "United States"
        ],
        [
          "Navy",
          "navy"
        ],
        [
          "build",
          "build"
        ],
        [
          "bulldozing",
          "bulldoze"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US military) A construction battalion of the United States Navy, responsible for building, bulldozing, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1945 August 26, “Seabee Battalion Returns”, in The New York Times, page 4:",
          "text": "The Sixty-third Naval Construction Battalion, 15 per cent of which is composed of World War I veterans, arrived here today. The group, which includes 741 Seabees, will be processed for thirty-day leaves before reassignment, the Navy announced.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A member of this force."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "member",
          "member"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "similar force in Finnish navy",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "force",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "meripioneerit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "similar specialist in Finnish navy",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "member",
      "word": "meripioneeri"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Seabee"
}