a person who directs or assists in the navigation of a ship; sailor.
2.
(initial capital letter) Aerospace. one of a series of U.S. space probes that obtained scientific information while flying by or orbiting around the planets Mars, Mercury, and Venus.
Origin
1250-1300;Middle English < Anglo-French;Old Frenchmarinier. See marine, -er2
C13: from Anglo-French, ultimately from Latin marīnusmarine
Mariner
/ˈmærɪnə/
noun
1.
any of a series of US space probes launched between 1962 and 1971 that sent back photographs and information concerning the surface of Mars and Venus and also studied interplanetary matter
Word Origin and History for mariner
n.
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.