mariner

[ mar-uh-ner ]
/ ˈmær ə nər /
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noun

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

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French marinier. See marine, -er2

Words nearby mariner

marine ivy, marine league, marine railway, marine snow, marine superintendent, mariner, mariner's compass, marines, marinette, marinetti, maringouin

Words related to mariners

swab, crew, sailor, mate, seafarer, navigator, captain, salt, bluejacket, shipmate, yachtie

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British Dictionary definitions for mariners (1 of 2)

mariner
/ (ˈmærɪnə) /

noun

a formal or literary word for seaman

Word Origin for mariner

C13: from Anglo-French, ultimately from Latin marīnus marine

British Dictionary definitions for mariners (2 of 2)

Mariner
/ (ˈmærɪnə) /

noun

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