Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marinership

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mariner-ship
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Arts or skills of a mariner; seamanship.

Archaic; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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 […]"

Etymology

From mariner + -ship.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: mariner

Usage

Questions

What does marinership mean?: Arts or skills of a mariner; seamanship.
Where does marinership come from?: From mariner + -ship.

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