mariner
a person who directs or assists in the navigation of a ship; sailor.
(initial capital letter)Aerospace. one of a series of U.S. space probes that obtained scientific information while flying by or orbiting around the planets Mars, Mercury, and Venus.
Origin of mariner
1synonym study For mariner
Other words for mariner
Words Nearby mariner
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use mariner in a sentence
The National Hurricane Center in the United States also issued an ashfall advisory for mariners.
Volcano on St. Vincent erupts, spewing column of ash amid evacuations | Teo Armus, Anthony Faiola, Matthew Cappucci | April 9, 2021 | Washington PostThe 66-year-old, who is a member of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots, became a merchant mariner because he wanted to see the world.
Essential, invisible: Covid has 200,000 merchant sailors stuck at sea | Taylor Telford, Jacob Bogage | April 9, 2021 | Washington PostUnions and labor advocates say there have been numerous instances in the past year of mariners suffering medical emergencies aboard and not being able to go ashore for vital treatment.
Essential, invisible: Covid has 200,000 merchant sailors stuck at sea | Taylor Telford, Jacob Bogage | April 9, 2021 | Washington PostThe work is risky, demanding and essential — 90 percent of the world’s goods are transported by water — and merchant mariners typically work in months-on, months-off rotations to guard against burnout and the pervasive dangers of life at sea.
Essential, invisible: Covid has 200,000 merchant sailors stuck at sea | Taylor Telford, Jacob Bogage | April 9, 2021 | Washington PostMossman was forced to tell his mariners they had to keep working, a conversation that was replicated by captains and ship operators around the world.
Essential, invisible: Covid has 200,000 merchant sailors stuck at sea | Taylor Telford, Jacob Bogage | April 9, 2021 | Washington Post
“The immediate effort to cover up what had been done suggested that they realized it was a crime,” said mariner.
Obama's Pentagon Covered Up War Crimes in Afghanistan, Says Amnesty International | Nico Hines, Sami Yousafzai | August 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHappiness Like Water, by Chinelo Okparanta; 208 pp., mariner Books, $15.
Two excellent sources of story material are Professional mariner and Trains magazine.
The twin whirlpools threatened the affrightened mariner on either side.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThe most furious winds the mariner knows are those which he encounters as he approaches the still centre.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerThere was then in the settlement a veteran mariner named William Kidd.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThe mariner suffered himself to be persuaded, and within two days landed his passengers in safety at Nieuport.
Fox's Book of Martyrs | John FoxeSeeing how the master-mariner honours the magnetic needle, every thoughtful passenger will probably consult it in like manner.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas Inman
British Dictionary definitions for mariner (1 of 2)
/ (ˈmærɪnə) /
a formal or literary word for seaman
Origin of mariner
1British Dictionary definitions for Mariner (2 of 2)
/ (ˈmærɪnə) /
any of a series of US space probes launched between 1962 and 1971 that sent back photographs and information concerning the surface of Mars and Venus and also studied interplanetary matter
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse