shipman
noun
ship·man ˈship-mən 
1
: sailor, seaman
2
: shipmaster
Synonyms
- gob
- hearty
- jack
- jack-tar
- mariner
- navigator
- sailor
- salt
- sea dog
- seafarer
- seaman
- swab
- swabbie [slang]
- swabby
- tar
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Example Sentences
in the middle of the vasty deep the shipman enjoys a splendid isolation that the landsman will never know
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BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2018 Featuring Dan Whelton as the Irish shipman who falls in love with Anna and Nancy E. Carroll as a woman involved with Anna’s father. BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2018 Featuring Dan Whelton as the Irish shipman who falls in love with Anna and Nancy E. Carroll as a woman involved with Anna’s father. BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2018 Featuring Dan Whelton as the Irish shipman who falls in love with Anna and Nancy E. Carroll as a woman involved with Anna’s father. BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2018 Featuring Dan Whelton as the Irish shipman who falls in love with Anna and Nancy E. Carroll as a woman involved with Anna’s father. BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2018 Featuring Dan Whelton as the Irish shipman who falls in love with Anna and Nancy E. Carroll as a woman involved with Anna’s father. BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2018 Featuring Dan Whelton as the Irish shipman who falls in love with Anna and Nancy E. Carroll as a woman involved with Anna’s father. BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2018 Featuring Dan Whelton as the Irish shipman who falls in love with Anna and Nancy E. Carroll as a woman involved with Anna’s father. BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2018 See More Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
shipmen
noun
as in sailors
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel in the middle of the vasty deep the shipman enjoys a splendid isolation that the landsman will never know Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- sailors
- mariners
- navigators
- seamen
- seafarers
- hearties
- sea dogs
- swabbies
- salts
- crewmen
- swabs
- tars
- shipmates
- gobs
- deckhands
- coxswains
- jack-tars
- lubbers
- able seamen
- jacks
- powerboaters
- sailboaters
- able-bodied seamen
- lime-juicers
- limeys
