shipman

[ ship-muhn ]

/ ˈʃɪp mən /

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noun, plural ship·men.

a sailor.

the master of a ship.

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Origin of shipman

before 900; Middle English; Old English scipman; cognate with Middle Dutch schipman,German Schiff(s)mann.See ship¹ -man

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