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shiplord

shiplord noun: a shipmaster; skipper; captain.

Noun

shiplord (plural shiplords)

  1. A shipmaster; skipper; captain.
    • “And what would you have us do then, shiplord?” Nish na'am spoke bitterly.2000, Esther Friesner, To Storm Heaven
    • The position of shiplord came with pay.2002, Harry Turtledove, Colonization: Aftershocks - Page 427

Forms of shiplord

pluralshiplords

Origin of shiplord

From Middle English schyplord, from Old English sċiphlāford (“shipmaster, skipper”, literally “ship-lord”), equivalent to ship + lord.

Questions about shiplord

What does shiplord mean?
Shiplord means a shipmaster; skipper; captain.
What part of speech is shiplord?
Shiplord is a noun.
What is the plural of shiplord?
The plural of shiplord is shiplords.

Words near shiplord in the dictionary

  1. shiplings
  2. shipload
  3. shiploader
  4. shiploaders
  5. shiploads
  6. shiplord
  7. shiplords
  8. shiply
  9. shipmaking
  10. shipman
  11. Shipman effect

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