Mariner

//ˈmæɹɪnə// name, noun

name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of sailor, particularly one on a maritime vessel.

    "My mariners, / Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me—"

  2. 2
    A player on the team the Seattle Mariners.

    "Jones became a Mariner as the result of a pre-season trade."

  3. 3
    a man who serves as a sailor wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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adventureralpinistapolloastronautbluejacketbuccaneer

Example

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"Mariner 9 was launched on May 30, 1971."

Etymology

From Middle English mariner, maryner, from Anglo-Norman mariner, marinier, from Old French marinier, maronnier, from marin and Medieval Latin marinellus and marinarius (“sailor”), from marīnus (“marine”), from mare (“sea”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”). Eclipsed Middle English marinel, marynell (“mariner, sailor”) from Old French marinel from the same sources. Equivalent to marine + -er.

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