shipman
1 synonym for shipman, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Another word for a sailor.
Etymology
Comes from Middle English schipman, which developed from Old English scipmann (“shipman, mariner, sailor, rower; one who goes on trading voyages; pirate”). It is a cognate of Icelandic skipmaður, skipamaður (“shipman”), and matches ship plus -man; compare English boatman.
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