mariner

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Synonym of sailor, particularly one on a maritime vessel.

   My mariners, / Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me—

2. 2
   noun

   A player on the team the Seattle Mariners.

   Jones became a Mariner as the result of a pre-season trade.

3. 3
   noun

   a man who serves as a sailor

4. 4
   name

   A surname.

Etymology

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.