Meaning of master mariner | Babel Free
Definitions
A seaman who has qualified to be a captain of a merchant ship
Equivalents
Suomi
merikapteeni
Examples
“That B. C. S., late, &c., master mariner, on, &c., at a foreign port or place called Valparaiso, in South America, then and there being the master and commander of the "Henry Clay," ...”
“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”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.