shipper
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of shipper1
before 1100; 1745–55 for current sense; late Old English scipere sailor (not recorded in ME); see ship 1, -er 1
Origin of shipper2
First recorded in 1995–2000; shortening of earlier relationshipper (in the same sense)
Example Sentences
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The shipper Sea Legend will dispatch the Dubai Tower from Ningbo, China, to Felixstowe in the U.K. on what it calls the Arctic Express, following a route along Russia’s north coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Malcom McLean, a New Jersey commercial shipper who championed the new idea of prepacking cargo into big metal boxes, hungered for a Pentagon contract.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Meanwhile shipper Maersk advised against transit through the strait.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
The cuts come as the shipper reported higher quarterly profit and guided for slightly higher revenue in the coming year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
Practically the only way in which a foreign shipper can realize immediately on bills of this character is to dispose of them to his own banker or get him to make an advance on them.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips
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