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Definition of Mariner

1. Noun. A man who serves as a sailor.

Definition of Mariner

1. n. One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor.

Definition of Mariner

1. Noun. (baseball) A player on the team the "Seattle Mariners". ¹

2. Noun. A sailor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mariner

1. a sailor [n -S] - See also: sailor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mariner

Literary usage of Mariner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1881)
"Will of James Marshall, mariner, belonging to their Majesties' ship the London. ... Will of Robert Marshall, mariner, belonging to his Majesty's ship the ..."

2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"The Jurors for our sovereign lord the king do, upon their oath, present, That William Kidd, late of London, mariner; Nicholas Churchill, late of London, ..."

3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward, Matthew Arnold (1907)
"PART I. It is an ancient mariner, And he stoppeth one of three. ... And listens like a three years' child : The mariner hath his will The ..."

4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1855)
"And in any action brought by a mariner to recover the extra wages to which he ... And be it further enacted, That if, upon the application of any mariner, ..."

5. English Poetry (1170-1892). by John Matthews Manley (1907)
"THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT mariner IN SEVEN PARTS PART I It is an ancient mariner, And he stoppeth one of three. "By thy long gray beard and glittering eye, ..."

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