Marriner

British

/ ˈmærɪnə /

noun

Sir Neville. born 1924, British conductor and violinist; founder (1956) and director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, which specializes in baroque music

"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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

No former chair has stayed on as a governor since Marriner Eccles, who served from 1934 until 1948 and remained on the board at President Harry Truman’s request after the president chose a new chair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

One former chair, Marriner Eccles, remained at the central bank after his chairmanship ended in 1948.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

At the center of the fight is the Fed’s renovation of a historic building used by its Board of Governors, the Marriner S. Eccles Building.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

What possessed referee Andre Marriner to send off Casemiro against Palace, for what appeared to be no more than a mere scuffle between players, I will never know.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2023

"Mrs. Marriner has, I should say, a hundred customers," remarked Hawthwaite.

From In the Mayor's Parlour by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023