Thesaurus results for MARINER

mariner

noun

ˈmer-ə-nər

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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Recent Examples of mariner There is now a backlog of nearly 19,000 merchant mariner credentials – representing roughly 10% of the entire workforce – along with roughly 5,000 medical certifications. —

Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026 My friends had made the man sound an ancient mariner, an invalid widower, near dead from a lurid litany of injuries. —

Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026 Since the beginning of the war, nearly 800 vessels have been stuck in a holding pattern near the passage, impacting about 20,000 mariners. —

Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026 Danielson remembers Lind, an affable old mariner then in his seventies, complimenting them on their docking skills, and introducing himself as the owner of the Robert Gray, a 125-foot Army Corps of Engineers research vessel built in 1936. —

Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mariner

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That technology is only effective in the hands of sailors trained to operate and maintain it, which is where the schoolhouse comes in, according to Lawrence Averion, directed energy branch manager.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
Researchers have found remains of the sailors, as well as artifacts from the shipwrecks.

— Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 May 2026