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shipmate

[ ship-meyt ]

/ ˈʃɪpˌmeɪt /

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noun

a person who serves with another on the same vessel.

Origin of shipmate

First recorded in 1740–50; ship¹ + mate¹

Words nearby shipmate

shipka pass, shiplap, shipload, shipman, shipmaster, shipmate, shipment, shipowner, shippable, shipper, shippie

Example sentences from the Web for shipmate

Still, from the little I had seen of them, I did not think that they would have been guilty of falsely accusing a shipmate.

Will Weatherhelm |W.H.G. Kingston
I begged them not to say who I was, but merely that I was once a shipmate of theirs.

The Privateersman |Frederick Marryat
Tightly he grasped it till like his shipmate he was floated near one of the boats and taken on board.

James Braithwaite, the Supercargo |W.H.G. Kingston
We heard nothing but the wind and the waves, and the quiet voice of a shipmate yarning with his pipe in his mouth.

Old Junk |H. M. Tomlinson

I thank you for your communication with regard to my old friend and shipmate, Joshua Howell, of whom I had lost sight.

Workhouse Characters |Margaret Wynne Nevinson

British Dictionary definitions for shipmate

shipmate

/ (ˈʃɪpˌmeɪt) /

noun

a sailor who serves on the same ship as another