Definitions
a man who serves as a sailor
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“My mariners, / Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me—”
“Jones became a Mariner as the result of a pre-season trade.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Experienced sailor”7 letters
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