Word Meanings - MARINER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor. Chaucer. Mariner's compass. See under Compass.

SAILOR
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman. Syn. -- Mariner; seaman; seafarer. Sailor's choice. An excellent
SEAMAN
A merman; the male of the mermaid. "Not to mention mermaids or seamen." Locke.
MARINERSHIP
Seamanship. Udalt.
MARINER
One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor. Chaucer. Mariner's compass. See under Compass.
SEAMANLIKE
Having or showing the skill of a practical seaman.
SEAFARER
One who follows the sea as a business; a mariner; a sailor.
SEAMANSHIP
The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship.
NAVIGATOR
One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also, a book which teaches the art of navigation; as, Bowditch's Navigator.
CIRCUMNAVIGATOR
One who sails round. W. Guthrie.