Mariner

mariner
    n 1: a man who serves as a sailor [syn: {mariner}, {seaman},
         {tar}, {Jack-tar}, {Jack}, {old salt}, {seafarer}, {gob},
         {sea dog}]
    

Mariner \Mar"i*ner\, n. [F. marinier, LL. marinarius. See
   {Marine}.]
   One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a
   seaman or sailor. --Chaucer.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Mariner's compass}. See under {Compass}.
      [1913 Webster]
    

MARINER. One whose occupation is to navigate vessels on the sea. Vide Seamen 
Shipping articles. 
     2. By act of congress, 1 Story, Laws of U. S., ch. 56, s. 4, p. 109, it 
is provided, that no sum exceeding one dollar shall be recovered from any 
seaman or mariner (in the merchant service,) by any person, for any debt 
contracted during the time such seaman or mariner shall actually belong to 
any ship or vessel, until the voyage for which such seaman or mariner 
engaged, shall be ended. 
    

61 Moby Thesaurus words for "mariner":
      adventurer, alpinist, astronaut, bluejacket, camper, climber,
      comers and goers, commuter, cosmopolite, cruiser, excursionist,
      explorer, fare, globe-girdler, globe-trotter, gob, goer, hajji,
      jack, jack-tar, jet set, jet-setter, journeyer, limey, mountaineer,
      old salt, palmer, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, pilgrim,
      pioneer, rating, rubberneck, rubbernecker, sailor, salt, sea dog,
      seaman, shellback, sightseer, straphanger, swab, swabbie, tar,
      tarpaulin, tourer, tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient,
      traveler, trekker, tripper, viator, visiting fireman, voortrekker,
      voyager, voyageur, wayfarer, world-traveler

    

MARINER

A., traveler, albatross raiser.  Gathered fame by
making a voyage with some dead ones.  His feat has frequently
been duplicated on liners out of the regular tourist season.