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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Have ye ever a penny pie for a poor old shipman, clean destroyed by pirates?
From The Black Arrow by Stevenson, Robert Louis
One had been all his life a shipman, and continued to the last to lament his man Tom.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
"The Virgin be praised!" cried the shipman, wiping his brow.
From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
The shipman away from his ship, the monk away from his cloister, the scholar away from his books, become interesting instead of remaining commonplace, because the contrasts become marked which exist between them.
From Chaucer by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir
"This is a most worthy and debonair vessel, Master Bunce," said he to the shipman beside him.
From Sir Nigel by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
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