Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sailor serving on the same ship as another; a fellow sailor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who serves in the same vessel with another; a fellow-sailor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical A fellow
sailor serving on the sameship as another. - noun nautical (
informal ) Any sailor (when used as a form of address by a sailor).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an associate on the same ship with you
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Examples
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"Losing a shipmate is the worst thing that can happen to you as a captain."
Hurriyet Dailynews GDANSK 2010
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"Losing a shipmate is the worst thing that can happen to you as a captain."
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I am in the navy and I am on a ship with a crew of 250 people, and myself and another shipmate are the only tarheel fans.
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Such discourse is commonly jocular, and sometimes witty; every speech, coming from which side it may, ordinarily commencing with "shipmate," though the interlocutors never saw each other before that interview.
Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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Look at that little graphic over thar little shipmate.
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Then there was her former shipmate, Miranda Kadohata, who had requested a transfer from the Enterprise in order to take an extended assignment on Pacifica.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011
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"You've come to the wrong shop for anarchy, Stephen," he assures his shipmate.
Ken Blackwell: CNN's LZ Granderson Gets It Right Ken Blackwell 2011
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And it looks as though one of the women he goes to bed with is a shipmate, the Enterprise's communications officer.
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He gave an impromptu and loving tribute to a shipmate, Tom Stevenson, for the way he always quietly did what was right.
The Things They Buried James D. Hornfischer 2011
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He gave an impromptu and loving tribute to a shipmate, Tom Stevenson, for the way he always quietly did what was right.
The Things They Buried James D. Hornfischer 2011
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