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master mariners

master mariners is the plural of master mariner.

Meaning of master mariner

Noun

master mariner (plural master mariners)

  1. A seaman who has qualified to be a captain of a merchant ship
    • That B. C. S., late, &c., master mariner, on, &c., at a foreign port or place called Valparaiso, in South America, then and there being the master and commander of the "Henry Clay," ...1849, Francis Wharton, Precedents of Indictments and Pleas

Questions about master mariners

What is master mariners the plural of?
Master mariners is the plural of master mariner.

Words near master mariners in the dictionary

  1. master joint
  2. master joints
  3. master key
  4. master keys
  5. master mariner
  6. master mariners
  7. master of all one surveys
  8. Master of Arts
  9. master of ceremonies
  10. master of ceremony
  11. Master of Divinity

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