shipman
Americannoun
plural
shipmen-
a sailor.
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the master of a ship.
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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The tempest's mocking elf Points to the shipman thus the unseen shelf He strikes on, only when the timbers start.
From Browning's Shorter Poems by Baker, Franklin T. (Franklin Thomas)
But Alvaro came not, nor Mendez the shipman.
From A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa by Cornell, Frederick
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
Studies Studies, for other be the maners of the rustical, then of the lawyer, of the marchaunte, then of the Soldier, of the shipman then of the phisicion.
From A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes by Hildebrandt, Herbert William
In the meanwhile Dick turned to the old shipman, who had seemed equally indifferent to his condemnation and to his subsequent release.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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