Mariner
['mærɪnə] or ['mærɪnɚ]
Definition
(n.) One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor.
Edited by Henry
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Seaman, sailor, seafarer, tar, seafaring man.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are a mariner, denotes a long journey to distant countries, and much pleasure will be connected with the trip. If you see your vessel sailing without you, much personal discomfort will be wrought you by rivals.
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Examples
- From the towering lighthouses of our coasts its beams are thrown seaward, and a beacon for the mariner shines beyond all other lights. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Inventions-- Alphabetical Writing; Arabic Notation; The Mariner's Compass; The Telescope; The Steam Engine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Gusts and swells perpetually trouble the mariner's course; he dare not dismiss from his mind the expectation of tempest. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They are sometimes credited with introducing to the West the knowledge of the mariner's compass and of gunpowder. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Among the great _inventions_ of the past are alphabetical writing, Arabic notation, the mariner's compass, the telescope, the printing-press, and the steam-engine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Crispin laughed and stroked his chin thoughtfully, while a gleam of humor shone in the solitary eye of the mariner. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A fleet of British and French ships gathered around the outlet of Chesapeake Bay, alert to capture the daring mariners and their ship, if possible. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In my first voyages, while I was young, I was instructed by the oldest mariners, and learned to speak as they did. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The master and mariners, knowing this offence, forfeit all their goods and chattels, and suffer three months imprisonment. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Prendergast threw us over a chart, told us that we were shipwrecked mariners whose ship had foundered in Lat. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is the Elysian fields of foam where rest the spirits of wearied mariners. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- We were then near the sign of the Three Mariners. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The music rises and whistles louder and louder; the mariners go across the stage staggering, as if the ship was in severe motion. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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