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Definition of "shipmates" [shipmates]

  • Plural form of shipmate. (noun)

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Use "shipmates" in a sentence
  • "There were few left who even knew him by the name his shipmates had given him for his monkeylike propensity to swing through the sheets and lines."
  • "Particularly galling to his shipmates was the fact that not one of his minor nicks was debilitating nor resulted in one lost day of duty."
  • "One of my shipmates was the sole occupant of a spar, and he aided me in my attempt to grasp it, and together we floated about the great sea for several days, without a thing to eat or to drink, until I lost consciousness, and knew no more until I opened my eyes, and saw the vilest looking savages standing about me."