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mariner

/ˈmæɹɪnə/US/ˈmæɹɪnɚ/

mariner noun: synonym of sailor, particularly one on a maritime vessel.

Noun (1)

mariner (plural mariners)

  1. Synonym of sailor, particularly one on a maritime vessel.
    • My mariners, / Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me—1833 October 20 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “Ulysses”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 90
    • From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52
    Synonyms:
    sailor, particularly one on a maritime vessel

Noun (2) capitalized: Mariner

Mariner (plural Mariners)

  1. A player on the team the Seattle Mariners.
    • Jones became a Mariner as the result of a pre-season trade.

Proper noun capitalized: Mariner

Mariner

  1. A surname.

mariner meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

mariner in Tamil

கலவர், கலாள், கம்மகாரர், பரவர், பரதர், பரதவர்

mariner in Urdu

جہاز ران, ملاح

mariner in Bengali

নাবিক

mariner in Malayalam

കടൽസഞ്ചാരി, കപ്പലോട്ടക്കാരൻ, നാവികൻ

Examples of mariner in a sentence

  • Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.
  • Subsequently some Scottish troops settled, took up trade as weavers, tailors, or mariners, and married Dutch women.
  • For much of the Middle Ages, ships had only three ranks of seamen: master, lodesman or navigator, and mariner.

All 10 example sentences with mariner

Synonyms of mariner

  • sailor
  • particularly one on a maritime vessel

Forms of mariner

pluralmariners
pluralMariners
alternative formMarner

Plural of mariner: mariners

Origin of mariner

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.

Words formed from mariner

Questions about mariner

What does mariner mean?
Mariner means synonym of sailor, particularly one on a maritime vessel.
What is mariner in Tamil?
Mariner in Tamil is கலவர், கலாள், கம்மகாரர். See Mariner meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mariner?
Mariner can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mariner?
Mariner is pronounced /ˈmæɹɪnə/ (UK).
What is the plural of mariner?
The plural of mariner is mariners.

Words near mariner in the dictionary

  1. Marinelli
  2. Marinellis
  3. marinellite
  4. Marinello
  5. Marinellos
  6. mariner
  7. mariner's compass
  8. mariner's compasses
  9. marinera
  10. marineras
  11. marineress

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mariner (page history and authors); Mariner (page history and authors); mariner (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mariner (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mariner (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mariner (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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