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master mariner

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A seaman who has qualified to be a captain of a merchant ship

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

Examples

  • 1901, Joseph Conrad, Falk: A Reminiscence, He was a Schiff-fuhrer: Ship-conductor. That's how they call a Master Mariner in Germany. I prefer our way. The alliteration is good, and there is something in the nomenclature that gives to us as a body the sense of corporate existence: Apprentice, Mate, Master, in the ancient and honourable craft of the sea.
  • 1987, D. J. House, Seamanship Techniques, Volume 2, chapter heading, Certificate of Competency for Master Mariner, Class 1

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  • Finnish: merikapteeni — qualified seaman