Thesaurus results for SHIPMAN

shipman

noun

ˈship-mən

Definition of shipman

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 The first episode establishes immediately that something is uniquely off about Widow’s Bay, and not just because Shep, a shipman patrolling the waters at night, goes missing, potentially because he’s been taken by a sinister fog. — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026 The shipman embarked on Sunday for an over 48-hour journey that would take him from the Iraqi port where his vessel was anchored to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, before finally meeting his wife and parents in his hometown of Mumbai. — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026 Australian shipmen are going to train with American and British personnel. — The Editors, National Review, 16 Mar. 2023

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Noun

Bulgarians voted against a backdrop of growing economic hardship and drone attacks on Black Sea shipping, which have left several sailors dead or missing.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Out in the harbor, the skeletons of derelict ships abandoned by sailors who had gone searching for gold formed the first and strangest San Francisco skyline.

— Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of sailor

Noun

And the fact that he was made an officer in the Provincial Marine by the British is a sign of his quality as a mariner and a leader.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
According to family history, DaCosta Levy’s family lineage traced to Portugal, where his ancestors had been mariners — almost certainly Sephardic Jews who scattered across the Atlantic world after the Inquisition.

— Zachary Kranc, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of mariner

Noun

But his big break would come with Star Trek in 1967 — the start of a 25-year journey as navigator of the starship USS Enterprise.

— Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026
Smitley works as a family navigator for a nonprofit organization that supports people with mental illness.

— Stephanie Dhue,Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

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