noun
- a person who navigates or assists in navigating a ship; a sailor
Usage: formal
Examples
- The experienced mariner guided the ship through the storm.
- Ancient mariners used the stars to navigate across the ocean.
- The old mariner told tales of his adventures at sea.
- Every mariner must learn to read nautical charts.
- The mariner’s compass pointed steadily north.
- She became a skilled mariner after years of sailing.