Word.ws English Dictionary

merchant mariner

merchant mariner noun: a sailor who works on a merchant marine (vessel), that is, in a merchant marine (fleet).

Noun

merchant mariner (plural merchant mariners)

  1. A sailor who works on a merchant marine (vessel), that is, in a merchant marine (fleet).
    Synonyms:
    merchant seaman

Synonyms of merchant mariner

Forms of merchant mariner

pluralmerchant mariners

Origin of merchant mariner

From merchant marine + -er.

Questions about merchant mariner

What does merchant mariner mean?
Merchant mariner means a sailor who works on a merchant marine (vessel), that is, in a merchant marine (fleet).
What part of speech is merchant mariner?
Merchant mariner is a noun.
What is the plural of merchant mariner?
The plural of merchant mariner is merchant mariners.

Words near merchant mariner in the dictionary

  1. merchant fleet
  2. merchant fleets
  3. merchant iron
  4. merchant irons
  5. merchant marine
  6. merchant mariner
  7. merchant mariners
  8. merchant marines
  9. merchant navies
  10. merchant navy
  11. merchant of death

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: merchant mariner (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “merchant mariner.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/merchant_mariner. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.