| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| |
| Class II. Words Relating to Space | | Section IV. Motion | | 1. Motion in General |
| |
| 269. Mariner. |
| |
| | |
| NOUN: | MARINER, sailor, navigator; seaman, seafarer, seafaring man, sea dog [colloq.], hand, water dog [colloq.], shellback [slang]; Ancient Mariner, Flying Dutchman; dock walloper [slang]; Jack, Jack Tar or jack-tar, tar, jacky (pl. jackies) [landsman’s term], shipman [obs. or poet.], gob [slang, U. S.]; salt, able seaman, A. B.; man-of-war’s man, bluejacket, galiongee or galionji, marine, devil-dog [slang, U. S.], jolly [slang]; midshipman, middy [colloq.]; lascar, mangee or manjhi [Hind.], matelot [F.], captain, commander, master mariner, skipper; mate; boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, long-shoreman; bargee, gondolier; oar, oars-man; rower; boatswain.
STEERSMAN, coxswain or cockswain, cox [colloq.], helmsman, wheelman, pilot, patron [F.]; crew.
|
| | |
| QUOTATION: | The keen Eye-puckered, hard-case seamen, silent, lean.—Masefield |
|
|
