shipper

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person or company that sends or arranges the transport of goods

   The shipper declared the value of the cargo before dispatch.

2. 2
   noun

   a fan who supports a particular fictional or hoped-for romantic pairing

   As a devoted shipper, she wanted the two characters to end the series together.

The transport sense is formed from ship + the agent suffix -er. The fandom sense is a clipping of relationshipper, coined among fans of The X-Files for someone who favored a Mulder-Scully romance; it was shortened through r'shipper and 'shipper to shipper.

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