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ships' companies

ships' companies is the plural of ship's company.

Meaning of ship's company

Noun

ship's company (plural ships' companies)

  1. The entire crew of a ship, including the officers
    • [T]he whole ship's company consisted of sixty-five men.1719, Daniel Defoe, chapter 10, in The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
  2. (nonstandard, possibly) All of the occupants of a ship, including crew and passengers.
    • The whole ship's company, captain, officers, quarter-masters, passengers, and all, were quite sure that she had succeeded in getting a promise of marriage from him.1879, Anthony Trollope, chapter 8, in John Caldigate

Questions about ships' companies

What is ships' companies the plural of?
Ships' companies is the plural of ship's company.

Words near ships' companies in the dictionary

  1. ships out
  2. ships over
  3. ships passing in the night
  4. ships that pass in the night
  5. ships that passed in the night
  6. ships' companies
  7. ships' husbands
  8. ships-of-the-line
  9. shipset
  10. shipsets
  11. shipsful

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