as in sailor
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
in the middle of the vasty deep the shipman enjoys a splendid isolation that the landsman will never know
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Recent Examples of shipman
Australian shipmen are going to train with American and British personnel.
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The Editors, National Review, 16 Mar. 2023
Featuring Dan Whelton as the Irish shipman who falls in love with Anna and Nancy E. Carroll as a woman involved with Anna’s father.
—BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2018
The Editors, National Review, 16 Mar. 2023
Featuring Dan Whelton as the Irish shipman who falls in love with Anna and Nancy E. Carroll as a woman involved with Anna’s father.
—BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipman
Noun
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The song is now cherished by the families of sailors who died.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
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There were fitness tests twice a year, and Williams was focused on making sure her fellow sailors passed them.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The only real-time observations available to the mariner were shore and ship reports.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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By aiding mariners, Airy believed, such measurements provided a tangible service to the state that the newfangled spectroscopy might not be able to match.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Covering Wisconsin is the state's navigator program and was created under the Affordable Care Act to provide free, impartial help signing up for coverage.—
Sarah Volpenhein,
jsonline.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Halfway between Australia and Hawaii, Nikumaroro plays a key role in one of two rival hypotheses that seek to explain what happened to the famed aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, who went missing in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Shipman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipman. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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