pro-shipper
pro-shipper adjective: supportive of maritime transport, especially as opposed to railway transport.
Adjective
pro-shipper (comparative more pro-shipper, superlative most pro-shipper)
- Supportive of maritime transport, especially as opposed to railway transport.
- Perhaps an even more important point is the disclosure of the Commission's anti-railway pro-shipper point of view.1909 May 16, “Looking For Trouble”, in Charles Ransom Miller, editor, The New York Times, volume 58, number 18470, New York: The New York Times Company, page 8
- Thorne and the other radical pro-shipper men, it is believed, however, might oppose the proposition on the theory that the Federal Commission, as now constituted, has too tender a regard for the railroads.1915 December 25, The Traffic Service News Bureau, “The Congressional Inquiry”, in The Traffic World, volume 16, number 26, IHS Maritime & Trade, page 1334
Noun
pro-shipper (plural pro-shippers)
- One who supports a specific ship or shipping in general.
- I think this whole thing is a semantic misunderstanding.. the anti-shippers and the pro-shippers are putting entirely different meanings into the phrase 'in love'.1996 July 9, Chris Byler, “Re: 'PUSHER was a 'Shipper!! *gak*!”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet)
- For all you pro-shippers and anti-shippers keep posting and debating. Someone is watching you.1997 April 25, Terry Luck, “Re: 'SHIPPERS SUCK!!!!”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet)
- Synonyms:
- shipper
- Antonyms:
- anti-shipper, non-shipper
- One who supports a ship or shipping deemed problematic (e.g., due to incest, age differences, abusive dynamics, etc.), and/or believes in the freedom to create and consume fanworks with such elements.
- Near-synonym: anti-anti
- Things, let’s say, escalated very quickly, with pro-shippers and anti-shippers going at each other over all sorts of nonsense that was obviously a bit hard to follow.2020, Jessica Mason, "Hannibal’s Bryan Fuller Is Done With Your Anti-Ship BS", The Mary Sue, 13 October 2020
- Synonyms:
- comshipper, pro-shitter
- Antonyms:
- anti-shipper, anti
Examples of pro-shipper in a sentence
- In fact, the decisions of the Commission during this period were so notoriously pro-shipper that railroad owners were very much concerned, —it looked like confiscation.1931 December 26, E. A. Jack, “Bureaucracy’s Increasing Power Threatens Private Ownership”, in Samuel O. Dunn, editor, Railway Age, volume...
- As a pro-shipper, I think it's gonna be a long season.1997 November 24, Susan J. Daniell, “Re: Shippy parts lead into MOVIE!!”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
- Pro-shippers argued back that depiction was not endorsement, especially if creators tagged their works with the applicable warnings, such as “abuse” or “emotional blackmail”.2021, Victor Larsen, "'It Makes Me, A Minor, Uncomfortable': Media and Morality In Anti-Shippers' Policing of Online Fandom", thesis...
Synonyms of pro-shipper
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Forms of pro-shipper
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more pro-shipper |
| superlative | most pro-shipper |
| Noun | |
| plural | pro-shippers |
Origin of pro-shipper
From pro- + shipper (“a seaman; mariner; skipper.”)
From pro- + shipper (“one who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between characters”). Some posit that the second sense originated as a blend of problematic + ship.
Questions about pro-shipper
- What does pro-shipper mean?
- Pro-shipper means supportive of maritime transport, especially as opposed to railway transport.
- How do you use pro-shipper in a sentence?
- In fact, the decisions of the Commission during this period were so notoriously pro-shipper that railroad owners were very much concerned, —it looked like confiscation.
- What part of speech is pro-shipper?
- Pro-shipper can be an adjective or a noun.
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