submariner

[ suhb-muh-ree-ner, suhb-mar-uh-ner ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

submariner

/ sʌbˈmærɪnə /

First recorded in 1910–15; submarine + -er ¹

Direction by David Ayers, the Navy submariner who wrote Training Day and helmed 2012's excellent End of Watch.

But now, as a 28-year-old Iraq vet and former nuclear submariner, I feel like a believer who saw the truth behind your curtain.

The man to whom the dangers of submarine warfare seem least fearsome is the submariner.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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