Meanings
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noun
Synonym of sailor
The shipman checked the rigging before the vessel sailed.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
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noun
· synonym of sailor
sailor
Word family
Forms
shipmen
Derived forms
shipmanship
Related forms
midshipman
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.