shipman

American  

[ship-muhn] / ˈʃɪp mən /

noun

plural

shipmen

1. a sailor.

2. the master of a ship.

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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

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)

Pay the shipman to mind the sea, that is all.

From King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)

The tempest's mocking elf Points to the shipman thus the unseen shelf185 He strikes on, only when the timbers start.

From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra

"The Virgin be praised!" cried the shipman, wiping his brow.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

There he saw daily the shipman of the Canterbury Tales just home in his good ship Maudelayne, with the fascination of unknown lands in his clothes and conversation.

From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by Long, William Joseph