marinership

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noun

Arts or skills of a mariner; seamanship.

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Meanings

nounmarinership (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountableArts or skills of a mariner; seamanship.
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    June 23, 1598, Anthony Ashley, letter to Sec. Cecil I am ashamed to think what small advantage comes to you by that foolish matter of Meverell; not so much for the loss, as for the unadvised carriage thereof; a few silly fools overcame us for want of marinership, and could afterwards sport at their pleasure, vaunting how cheap they passed the storm and compassed their purposes […]

Origin

From mariner + -ship.

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APA

marinership. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marinership

MLA

“marinership.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marinership. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “marinership,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marinership.

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