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  • noun Plural form of mariner.

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Examples

  • It was contrary to all their preconceptions of mid - ocean rescue of ship-wrecked mariners from the open boat.

    CHAPTER XVI 2010

  • It was contrary to all their preconceptions of mid - ocean rescue of ship-wrecked mariners from the open boat.

    Chapter 16 1917

  • Hung on a pivot and inclosed in a box, this instrument is called the mariners 'compass.

    Discoverers and Explorers 1879

  • It is far from my thoughts to detract from the intrepidity of American mariners, which is known, wherever the winds blow, or the waves roll; or to depreciate the interest of the recorded narratives of their sufferings.

    Pattie's Personal Narrative, 1824--1830 1830

  • Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

  • But the daring spirit of the pirates braved the perils both of the sea and of the shore: their skill was confirmed by the habits of enterprise; the meanest of their mariners was alike capable of handling an oar, of rearing a sail, or of conducting a vessel, and the Saxons rejoiced in the appearance of a tempest, which concealed their design, and dispersed the fleets of the enemy.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • The large promontory of Howth runs a great way into the fea on which is a large light houfe for a guide to mariners, which is al - moft encompafled with water.

    A General History of Ireland, in Its Antient and Modern State: The Whole ... 1781

  • The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Liaison Office statement warned the mariners, that is "Recent activity suggests that pirate activity off the east coast of Somalia has increased.

    Attacked Cargo Ship Believed Hijacked with Crew 2009

  • The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Liaison Office statement warned the mariners, that is "Recent activity suggests that pirate activity off the east coast of Somalia has increased.

    Attacked Cargo Ship Believed Hijacked with Crew 2009

  • She, through me, set aside the Sylvanus Seymour house and land to be used as a home for what she called 'mariners' women 'as long as -- well, as long as she should continue to want it used for that purpose.

    Fair Harbor Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

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