shipman
Americannoun
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a sailor.
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the master of a ship.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of shipman
before 900; Middle English; Old English scipman; cognate with Middle Dutch schipman, German Schiff ( s ) mann. See ship 1 -man
Example Sentences
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"It is none too soon," said the old shipman, pointing to a yellowish tint in the haze above them.
From Sir Nigel by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
The careful shipman now fears angry gusts, And with the waters sees death near him thrusts.
From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
Here, then, Chaucer would loiter to study the natural history of the English shipman, full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard.
From Chaucer and His England by Coulton, G. G.
They were what a compass is to a shipman, taking him straight on his course through the blackest storms.
From Essays on Modern Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon
The national spirit of enterprise was not dead in any class, from knight to shipman; and faithfulness and chastity in woman were still esteemed the highest though not the universal virtues of her sex.
From Chaucer by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir
Calvert and Captain Robert Coogan, 48, commandant of the brigade of mid shipmen, encourage their charges to question the rules they live by.
From Time Magazine Archive
President Coolidge signed the Jones-White Merchant Marine bill, providing this increase, the same day he vetoed the McNary-Haugen bill also provided comforting U. S. mail contracts for U. S. shipmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Have the gods given these shipmen such an idea as to fight the Lydians with cavalry?"
From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
The shipmen quarreled over the stones the first day.
From A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa by Cornell, Frederick
The authorities were unwilling to expose their men to a danger that could not be evaded, however gallant the shipmen or skilled their seamanship.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)
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