mariner

From Middle English mariner, maryner, from Anglo-Norman mariner, marinier, from Old French marinier, maronnier, from marin and Medieval Latin marinellus and marinarius (“sailor”), from marīnus (“marine”), from mare (“sea”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”). Eclipsed Middle English marinel, marynell (“mariner, sailor”) from Old French marinel from the same sources. Equivalent to marine +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmæɹɪnə/

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• Rhymes: -æɹɪnə(ɹ)

mariner (plural mariners)

1. Synonym of sailor, particularly one on a maritime vessel.
   • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:

     From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.

From marí. Compare Spanish marinero, Portuguese marinheiro, French marinier, Italian marinaio. Cf. also Vulgar Latin marinarius.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.ɾiˈne]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.ɾiˈneɾ]

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mariner (feminine marinera, masculine plural mariners, feminine plural marineres)

1. marine, sea
2. (of people) seafaring

   Eren gent marinera que sortien a la mar a pescar.

   They were seafaring people who went to sea to fish.

3. (of watercraft) seaworthy

mariner m (plural mariners, feminine marinera, feminine plural marineres)

1. sailor, seaman

• mar
• marí

• “mariner”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mariner”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “mariner” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mariner” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Originally "to pickle in brine or seawater", from marin (“of the sea”).

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁi.ne/

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mariner

1. to marinate

• “mariner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• ranimer

• marener, mareyner, maroner, marynar, maryneer, maryner, marynere, marynier

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman mariner; equivalent to marin +‎ -er. Compare marinel and Medieval Latin marīnārius.

• IPA^(key): /ˌmariˈneːr/, /ˈmarinər/

mariner (plural mariners)

1. sailor (individual working on or navigating a ship)

   Synonyms: schipman, seeman

2. captain (commander of a ship)

   Synonym: schipman

3. (rare) pirate (seaborne robber)

   Synonym: schipman

• English: mariner

• “marinē̆r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

mariner m

1. indefinite plural of marine

mariner

1. imperative of marinere

• marinier

marin +‎ -er.

mariner oblique singular, m (oblique plural mariners, nominative singular mariners, nominative plural mariner)

1. seaman; sailor

• Middle French: marinier
  • French: marinier
• → Middle English: mariner, marener, mareyner, maroner, marynar, maryneer, maryner, marynere, marynier
  • English: mariner

• mariner on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

mariner m (plural marineri)

1. obsolete form of marinar

• mariner in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

mariner

1. indefinite plural of marin

• minerar