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mariner noun. ME.
[Anglo-Norman, or Old & mod. French marinier from medieval Latin marinarius, from Latin marinus: see MARINE, -ER2.]
A person who navigates or assists in navigating a ship; a sailor; Law any person employed on a ship. ME.
master mariner (a) the commander of a ship; (b) spec. the captain of a merchant vessel.
spec. A fighting man on board ship. M-L17.
Comb.: mariner portage: see PORTAGE noun1 3; mariner's compass (a) a compass showing magnetic or true north and the bearings from it; (b) the southern constellation Pyxis Nautica. mariner's portage: see PORTAGE noun1 3.
marinership noun the skill or art of a mariner M16-E17.