English Explanatory Dictionary

shipman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of sailor.
  2. The master of a ship; shiplord.
  3. A labourer on a ship.
name
  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Word forms

shipman shipmen ship-man

Etymology

From Middle English schipman, from Old English scipmann (“shipman, mariner, sailor, rower; one who goes on trading voyages; pirate”). Cognate with Icelandic skipmaður, skipamaður (“shipman”). Equivalent to ship + -man. Compare English boatman.

Synonyms

sailor

Related words

midshipman

Derived words

shipmanship Shipman effect
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