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Definition of "shipman" []

  • A sailor. (noun)
  • A shipmaster. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "shipman" in a sentence
  • "He's no fred and rose west or harold shipman, he just made a childish phonecall."
  • "The voyage for me is almost over: I am in sight of port: like a good shipman, I have already sent down the lofty spars and housed the captious canvas in preparation for the long anchorage: I have little now to fear."
  • "Atlas' father is shipman with a murky and often absent influence on the child's life."
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