shipmate

[ship-meyt]

noun

1. a person who serves with another on the same vessel.

shipmate

/ ˈʃɪpˌmeɪt /

noun

1. a sailor who serves on the same ship as another

Word History and Origins

Origin of shipmate¹

First recorded in 1740–50; ship ¹ + mate ¹

Example Sentences

The pair had a private ceremony with family and friends on board, before a second ship-wide event with 300 guests the following day, including around 100 of their original Belfast shipmates.

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Svoboda was told the engineers were crucial in keeping the ship from capsizing by counter-flooding the engine room, essentially sacrificing themselves to save as many shipmates and ships around them as possible.

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Ripped from his homelands as a child, Lanne survived two of those camps before living out his final years as a shipmate and beloved advocate for his people.

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After laying anchor off Saunders Island, located northwest of West Falkland, my shipmates and I hiked to a sparsely populated settlement.

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Neither Father nor any of the fishermen had the type of fancy equipment Zheng’s shipmates must have had, but they traveled these seas and knew them well.

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