mariner
Synonym of sailor, particularly one on a maritime vesselSynonym of sailor, particularly one on a maritime vessel.
» Mariner 2 made a number of important scientific discoveries not only about the planet but also about interplanetary space during its transit.
Meaning
1 sensesSynonym of sailor, particularly one on a maritime vessel.
- a man who serves as a sailor
Examples
4 sentencesMariner 2 made a number of important scientific discoveries not only about the planet but also about interplanetary space during its transit.
Until Mariner 10, astronomers were not sure what Mercury really looked like because it is so close to the Sun.
Mariner 10 used the gravitational pull of Venus to swing it into a different orbit so it could continue on to Mercury.
Mariner 10 was the first space probe to visit Mercury. It was also the first probe to visit two planets - Venus and Mercury.
deSeemann 10 (engl. „Mariner 10“) war die erste Raumsonde, die den Merkur besuchte. Es war auch die erste Sonde, die zwei Planeten besuchte, nämlich den Merkur und die Venus.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English mariner, maryner, from Anglo-Norman mariner, marinier, from Old FrenchFrom Middle English mariner, maryner, from Anglo-Norman mariner, marinier, from Old French marinier, maronnier, from marin and Medieval Latin marinellus and marinarius (“sailor”), from marīnus (“marine”), from mare (“sea”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”). Eclipsed Middle English marinel, marynell (“mariner, sailor”) from Old French marinel from the same sources. Equivalent to marine + -er.
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