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submariner

American  
[suhb-muh-ree-ner, suhb-mar-uh-ner] / ˌsʌb məˈri nər, səbˈmær ə nər /

noun

  1. a member of the crew of a submarine.


submariner British  
/ sʌbˈmærɪnə /

noun

  1. a crewman in a submarine

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Etymology

Origin of submariner

First recorded in 1910–15; submarine + -er 1

Example Sentences

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The Australian facilities “should be more than Guam, since it will have a permanent maintenance facility ashore with a dry dock,” said Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and a former submariner.

From The Wall Street Journal

The young submariner put on his headphones and tuned in to an American radio station.

From Literature

U.S. shipbuilding has been sluggish, and Australia needs to recruit submariners to operate the boats.

From The Wall Street Journal

The words of my father, a second-generation submariner, often recited when I was a child, drifted through my head: “Rocked in the cradle of the deep, I lay me down in peace to sleep.”

From Los Angeles Times

But these submariners have other things on their minds.

From Los Angeles Times