submariner

noun

sub·​ma·​ri·​ner ˌsəb-mə-ˈrē-nər How to pronounce submariner (audio)
-ˈma-rə-nər,
-ˈmer-ə-nər
: a member of a submarine crew

Examples of submariner in a Sentence

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The series questions why Russia’s military and political establishment took so long to alert President Putin to the disaster and took days to accept international assistance, whilst the families of the 118 submariners desperately waited for information. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025 The left-hander, the twin brother of submariner Tyler Rogers, was slated to make $12 million in 2025. Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025 Presumably, a mother rabbit would be kept aboard the submarine, with a submariner assigned to monitor it for signs of distress. IEEE Spectrum, 21 Mar. 2017 The submarine could have used or tested a number of UUVs, said Tom Shugart, a former U.S. Navy submariner and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, including a large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle known as Snakehead. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for submariner

Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of submariner was in 1861

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“Submariner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/submariner. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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submariner

noun
sub·​ma·​ri·​ner ˈsəb-mə-ˌrē-nər How to pronounce submariner (audio)
ˌsəb-mə-ˈrē-nər,
 also  ˌsəb-ˈmar-ə-
: a member of a submarine crew
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