master mariner

Noun

 * 1)  A seaman who has qualified to be a captain of a merchant ship
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1) * 1987, D. J. House, Seamanship Techniques, Volume 2, chapter heading,
 * Certificate of Competency for Master Mariner, Class 1
 * Certificate of Competency for Master Mariner, Class 1

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