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frogman

Profession

Also known as combat diver · combatant diver · combat swimmer

Instance of: military profession
Subclass of: military diver

Overview

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A frogman is someone who is trained in scuba diving or swimming underwater. The term often applies more to professional rather than recreational divers, especially those working in a tactical capacity that includes military, and in some European countries, police work. Such personnel are also known by the more formal names of combat diver, combatant diver, or combat swimmer. The word frogman first arose in the stage name the "Fearless Frogman" of Paul Boyton in the 1870s and later was claimed by John Spence, an enlisted member of the U.S. Navy and member of the OSS Maritime Unit, to have been applied to him while he was training in a green waterproof suit.

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Female form of label: nageuse de combat
אשת צפרדע
Kampfschwimmerin
buzo de combate
боевая пловчиха

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