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shipman

shipman noun: synonym of sailor.

Noun

shipman (plural shipmen)

  1. Synonym of sailor.
    Synonyms:
    sailor
  2. (obsolete) The master of a ship; shiplord.
  3. A labourer on a ship.

Proper noun capitalized: Shipman

Shipman

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

shipman meaning in Tamil and Urdu

shipman in Tamil

கப்பற்காரன்

shipman in Urdu

ملاح, ناخدا

Synonyms of shipman

Forms of shipman

pluralshipmen
alternative formship-man

Origin of shipman

From Middle English schipman, from Old English scipmann (“shipman, mariner, sailor, rower; one who goes on trading voyages; pirate”). Cognate with Icelandic skipmaður, skipamaður (“shipman”). Equivalent to ship + -man. Compare English boatman.

Either from sheep + man, or from shipman.

Words formed from shipman

Questions about shipman

What does shipman mean?
Shipman means synonym of sailor.
What is shipman in Tamil?
Shipman in Tamil is கப்பற்காரன். See Shipman meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is shipman?
Shipman can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of shipman?
The plural of shipman is shipmen.

Words near shipman in the dictionary

  1. shiploads
  2. shiplord
  3. shiplords
  4. shiply
  5. shipmaking
  6. shipman
  7. Shipman effect
  8. shipmanship
  9. shipmast
  10. shipmaster
  11. shipmasters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shipman (page history and authors); Shipman (page history and authors); shipman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shipman (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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