shiplord

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shipmaster; skipper; captain.

Word forms

shiplord shiplords

Etymology

From Middle English schyplord, from Old English sċiphlāford (“shipmaster, skipper”, literally “ship-lord”), equivalent to ship + lord.

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