shipmate
a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
Origin of shipmate
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How to use shipmate in a sentence
The Esperanza was still smothered, and a stab of pity went through Joe's heart as he saw his shipmate wallowing.
The Chequers | James RuncimanMrs Plausible will be quite pleased at meeting her old shipmate; she often talks about you.
Newton Forster | Captain Frederick MarryatThen said the Sea-eagle: “Look forth, shipmate, and tell me of the land.”
The Story of the Glittering Plain | William Morris“Yes, sir,” we answered; “but poor Derrick has gone;” and we explained how our other shipmate had been lost.
Peter the Whaler | W.H.G. KingstonHe put his arm round her, not as a man puts his arm round a woman, but as a shipmate puts his arm round a shipmate.
The Beach of Dreams | H. De Vere Stacpoole
British Dictionary definitions for shipmate
/ (ˈʃɪpˌmeɪt) /
a sailor who serves on the same ship as another
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