mariner
/ˈmæɹɪnɚ/ noun C2- Synonym of sailor, particularly one on a maritime vessel.
Plural mariners
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And without listening to Villefort he arose, and followed Valentine, who was running downstairs with the joy of a shipwrecked mariner who finds a rock to cling to.
Danglars felt as much overcome with joy as the miser who finds a lost treasure, or as the shipwrecked mariner who feels himself on solid ground instead of in the abyss which he expected would swallow him up.
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