Plural of mariner
regular plural
The plural of mariner is mariners.
Forms of mariner
| Singular | mariner /ˈmæɹɪnə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | mariners |
| Countable | countable |
Mariners in a sentence
- 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
- Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.From the entry sound
- Subsequently some Scottish troops settled, took up trade as weavers, tailors, or mariners, and married Dutch women.2007, Michael Lynch, The Oxford Companion to Scottish History, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 228. From the entry trade
- Mariners sometimes call the moving path of light leading to the moon the moonwake, because it looks like the white wash of a ship's wake.2006, The Atlantic: Word Fugitives. From the entry moonwake
- Trans-Atlantic mariners wanted the wind dead on the stern, so they could run with it, sticking to the same latitude—a method called easting and westing.1997, Mark Kurlansky, “Chapter 4: 1620: The Rock and the Cod”, in Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World, Walker, →ISBN. From the entry sun
Meaning of mariner
- noun Synonym of sailor, particularly one on a maritime vessel.
Questions about the plural of mariner
- What is the plural of mariner?
- The plural of mariner is mariners.
- Is mariner countable?
- Mariner is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mariner (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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