mid-13c., from Anglo-French mariner, Old French marinier "seaman, sailor" (12c.), from Medieval Latin marinarius "sailor," from Latin marinus "of the sea" (see marine). Earlier and long more common than sailor. A sailor also could be a brimgeist in Old English.
例文
1. The figure of the Ancient Mariner has been variously interpreted.
『古舟子詠』の人物については、さまざまな理解が続いている。
2.A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner .
穏やかな海は決して熟練した水夫を育成することはできない。
3.A mariner must have his eye upon rocks and sands as well as upon the North Star.
海員は北極星だけでなく、暗礁や干潟にも注意しなければならない。
4.Nothing further passed between the mariner and Hester Prynne.