mariner

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Mar=i=ner

CIDE DICTIONARY

mariner, n. [F. marinier, LL. marinarius. See Marine.].

 One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

Mariner's compass. See under Compass.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mariner, n. a seaman.

Idiom

mariner's compass a compass showing magnetic or true north and the bearings from it.

Etymology

ME f. AF mariner, OF marinier f. med.L marinarius f. L (as MARINE)

THESAURUS

mariner

adventurer, alpinist, astronaut, bluejacket, camper, climber, comers and goers, commuter, cosmopolite, cruiser, excursionist, explorer, fare, globe-girdler, globe-trotter, gob, goer, hajji, jack, jack-tar, jet set, jet-setter, journeyer, limey, mountaineer, old salt, palmer, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, pilgrim, pioneer, rating, rubberneck, rubbernecker, sailor, salt, sea dog, seaman, shellback, sightseer, straphanger, swab, swabbie, tar, tarpaulin, tourer, tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient, traveler, trekker, tripper, viator, visiting fireman, voortrekker, voyager, voyageur, wayfarer, world-traveler

ROGET THESAURUS

mariner

Navigation

N navigation, aquatics, boating, yachting, ship, oar, paddle, screw, sail, canvas, aileron, natation, swimming, fin, flipper, fish's tail, aerostation, aerostatics, aeronautics, balloonery, balloon, ballooning, aviation, airmanship, flying, flight, volitation, wing, pinion, rocketry, space travel, astronautics, orbital mechanics, orbiting, voyage, sail, cruise, passage, circumnavigation, periplus, headway, sternway, leeway, fairway, mariner, flight, trip, shuttle, run, airlift, sailing, volant, aerostatic, seafaring, nautical, maritime, naval, seagoing, coasting, afloat, navigable, aerial, aeronautic, grallatory, under way, under sail, under canvas, under steam, on the wing, in flight, in orbit, bon voyage, spread the thin oar and catch the driving gale.

Mariner

N sailor, mariner, navigator, seaman, seafarer, seafaring man, dock walloper, tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A, B, man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy, skipper, shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman, bargee, gondolier, oar, oarsman, rower, boatswain, cockswain, coxswain, steersman, pilot, crew, aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus, aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew, astronaut, cosmonaut, parachutist, paratrooper.