shipmate
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of shipmate
Example Sentences
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“It was truly inspiring to see every member on board come together during this patrol, including our shipmate, Bryan Lee, who contributed to the mission,” said Capt. Tyson Scofield, commanding officer of the Waesche.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025
Mr. Potts preferred a more traditional funeral, according to Randy Stratton, the son of a former shipmate and friend, Donald Stratton, who died in 2020 at 97.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023
"An aircraft might have been lost but there was a pilot, a shipmate, who had to be saved," he said.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2023
When the Navy veteran from Post Falls found the name of a shipmate he lost 55 years earlier carved into the black granite wall, he couldn’t control his emotions.
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2022
But soon an off-shore breeze blew to our liking— a canvas-bellying breeze, a lusty shipmate sent by the singing nymph with sunbright hair.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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