mariner

• Labuan: A former British sub-mariner, who undertook dangerous missions during the communist insurgency in then Malaya was naturally elated when he was named as recipient of a PJM medal in conjunction with 2007 Malaysia Day. —  Daily Express Newspaper Online
• Once again key Republican talking heads bet against an American mariner, the U.S. Navy, and the leadership of the Obama administration. —  The Richmond Democrat
• For nearly a century has he figured in the legends of the prairie "mariner"--a counterpart of the Flying Dutchman--the "phantom-ship" of the forecastle. —  The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
• From these two circumstances, the falling barometer and the wind blowing from the south with increasing force, the mariner is aware of this simple fact, that he is situated in the advancing portion of a body of air which is proceeding towards the N.E.; and if he turn his face to the N.E. he will find he is on the right of the axis line, or line cutting the advancing body transversely. —  The Hurricane Guide Being An Attempt To Connect The Rotary Gale Or Revolving Storm With Atmospheric Waves.
• He found another, for the mariner was not the only one who knew his face. —  Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality

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