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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

mariner
    n 1: a man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman,
         tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob,
         sea dog]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mariner \Mar"i*ner\, n. [F. marinier, LL. marinarius. See
   Marine.]
   One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a
   seaman or sailor. --Chaucer.
   [1913 Webster]

   Mariner's compass. See under Compass.
      [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

MARINER. One whose occupation is to navigate vessels on the sea. Vide Seamen 
Shipping articles. 
     2. By act of congress, 1 Story, Laws of U. S., ch. 56, s. 4, p. 109, it 
is provided, that no sum exceeding one dollar shall be recovered from any 
seaman or mariner (in the merchant service,) by any person, for any debt 
contracted during the time such seaman or mariner shall actually belong to 
any ship or vessel, until the voyage for which such seaman or mariner 
engaged, shall be ended.

Thesaurus Results for mariner:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

adventurer, alpinist, astronaut, bluejacket, camper, climber, comers and goers, commuter, cosmopolite, cruiser, excursionist, explorer, fare, globe-girdler, globe-trotter, gob, goer, hajji, jack, jack-tar, jet set, jet-setter, journeyer, limey, mountaineer, old salt, palmer, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, pilgrim, pioneer, rating, rubberneck, rubbernecker, sailor, salt, sea dog, seaman, shellback, sightseer, straphanger, swab, swabbie, tar, tarpaulin, tourer, tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient, traveler, trekker, tripper, viator, visiting fireman, voortrekker, voyager, voyageur, wayfarer, world-traveler

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