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shipmanship

shipmanship noun: the role or skills of a shipman.

Noun

shipmanship (uncountable)

  1. The role or skills of a shipman.
    • […] her rôle was not to encumber the party with easels, but to sit and admire our shipmanship on seas high or low as the case might be.1952, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 272, page 24
    • […] the marine superintendent, for which ex-shipmanship can be a requirement […]2013, Costas Grammenos, The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business, page 591

Origin of shipmanship

From shipman + -ship.

Questions about shipmanship

What does shipmanship mean?
Shipmanship means the role or skills of a shipman.
What part of speech is shipmanship?
Shipmanship is a noun.

Words near shipmanship in the dictionary

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

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