1. mariner - Noun
2. mariner - Adjective
3. Mariner - Proper noun
One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor. Samuel Butler (novelist)
I am a mariner of Odysseus with heart of fire but with mind ruthless and clear. Nikos Kazantzakis
I am like a mariner born and bred on board a buccaneer brig whose soul has become so inured to storm and strife that if cast ashore he would weary and languish no matter how alluring the shady groves and how bright the gentle sun. Mikhail Lermontov
The mariner of old said to Neptune in a great tempest, "O God! thou mayest save me if thou wilt, and if thou wilt thou mayest destroy me; but whether or no, I will steer my rudder true." Michel de Montaigne
For Queen Diana did my body change Into a fork-tongued dragon flesh and fell, And through the island nightly do I range, Or in the green sea mate with monsters strange, When in the middle of the moonlit night The sleepy mariner I do affright. William Morris
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. English Proverb