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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USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in these conditions.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2024
Harbor Crossing The Francis Scott Key Bridge, open at last, offers a view of Baltimore previously known only to mariners, and from a height exceeding that of any crow’s-nest.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2024
The Coast Guard suspended the search at about 6:51 p.m. Tuesday after searching over 70 square nautical miles within 11.5 hours with no signs of the mariner, according to a news release later that day.
—Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2024
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“Mariner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mariner. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.
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