mariner
pronunciation
How to pronounce mariner in British English:
UK [ˈmærɪnə(r)]
How to pronounce mariner in American English:
US ['mærɪnər]
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- Noun:
- a man who serves as a sailor
Word Origin
- mariner (n.)
- mid-13c., from Anglo-French mariner, Old French marinier "seaman, sailor" (12c.), from Medieval Latin marinarius "sailor," from Latin marinus "of the sea" (see marine). Earlier and long more common than sailor. A sailor also could be a brimgeist in Old English.
Example
- 1. As mariner 10 flies past , the mystery deepens .
- 2. Mariner 10 continues to orbit the sun , but solar radiation has probably scorched its equipment .
- 3. " Water , water everywhere , nor any drop to drink , " lamented the becalmed ancient mariner .
- 4. Named for the impressionist painter , the 52 kilometer diameter crater is also shown in an inset context image from the mariner 10 flyby mission in the mid 1970s .
- 5. On the way to mercury , messenger managed to make pictures of much of what mariner 10 missed , leaving only about 5 per cent of the planet unseen .