as in sailor
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
the ancient Phoenicians were outstanding mariners who explored and colonized much of the eastern Mediterranean
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The fierce mariners who swept out of Scandinavia in the late 700s and marauded for centuries through the North Atlantic and Baltic?
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Timothy Farrington, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
The Tasman Sea between New Zealand and Australia isn’t a place for faint-hearted mariners.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
Visibility is expected to be significantly reduced in these areas, creating hazardous conditions for drivers and mariners.
—Marni Rose McFall, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Based out of smaller home ports such as Greenport on Long Island, the Picket Force flotilla was known informally as the Corsair Fleet or, sometimes, the Hooligan Navy, an unsubtle nod to the ragtag collection of mariners at its core.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Timothy Farrington, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
The Tasman Sea between New Zealand and Australia isn’t a place for faint-hearted mariners.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
Visibility is expected to be significantly reduced in these areas, creating hazardous conditions for drivers and mariners.
—Marni Rose McFall, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Based out of smaller home ports such as Greenport on Long Island, the Picket Force flotilla was known informally as the Corsair Fleet or, sometimes, the Hooligan Navy, an unsubtle nod to the ragtag collection of mariners at its core.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Mariner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mariner. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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