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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Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 9 June 2024
Like many Baltimore-area mariners and motorists, the Pride of Baltimore II’s senior captain always felt a sense of accomplishment after clearing the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2024
Gomez, an inexperienced mariner, was driving the boat, while 12 people were riding as passengers, according to investigators.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2024
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For hundreds of years, mariners and fishermen knew this sea creature as a herald of woe.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2024
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“Mariner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mariner. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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