shipman

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Synonym of sailor

   The shipman checked the rigging before the vessel sailed.

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.

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