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mariner
[ mar-uh-ner ]
noun
- a person who directs or assists in the navigation of a ship; sailor.
Synonyms: seafarer
- (initial capital letter) Aerospace. one of a series of U.S. space probes that obtained scientific information while flying by or orbiting around the planets Mars, Mercury, and Venus.
Mariner
2/ ˈmærɪnə /
noun
- any of a series of US space probes launched between 1962 and 1971 that sent back photographs and information concerning the surface of Mars and Venus and also studied interplanetary matter
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“The immediate effort to cover up what had been done suggested that they realized it was a crime,” said Mariner.
Happiness Like Water, by Chinelo Okparanta; 208 pp., Mariner Books, $15.
Two excellent sources of story material are Professional Mariner and Trains magazine.
The twin whirlpools threatened the affrightened mariner on either side.
The most furious winds the mariner knows are those which he encounters as he approaches the still centre.
There was then in the settlement a veteran mariner named William Kidd.
The mariner suffered himself to be persuaded, and within two days landed his passengers in safety at Nieuport.
Seeing how the master-mariner honours the magnetic needle, every thoughtful passenger will probably consult it in like manner.
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