mariner
noun
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In Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, an old seaman tells of how, by shooting a friendly albatross, he had brought storms and disaster to his ship, and how as punishment his shipmates hung the great seabird around the mariner's neck and made him wear it until it rotted. The word mariner has occasionally been used to mean simply "explorer", as in the famous Mariner spaceflights in the 1960s and '70s, the first to fly close to Mars, Venus, and Mercury.
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Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2024
During the coronavirus pandemic, for example, when travel restrictions blocked mariners from returning home after months at sea, Unni emerged as their outspoken champion.
—USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
Between the 1600s to the mid 1900s, hundreds of ships wrecked on the shoals—known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic—and the lighthouse was built in 1964 by the U.S. government to help keep mariners safe.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 11 Sep. 2024
In one example, a Coast Guard notice to mariners Wednesday indicated a launch as soon as Oct. 12.
—Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Mariner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mariner. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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