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 regiment, established in 2007, provides comprehensive, personalized and non-medical care for wounded, ill and injured Marines and sailors attached to Marine units and their families.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
28 Feb. 2026
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The sailor got no argument here.—
Kevin Sherrington
Feb. 23,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In the case of Galaxidi, however, the flour war seems to be of more recent vintage, namely from the 19th century, when traveling mariners took their inspiration from similar happenings in Sicily.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
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This will be a dangerous storm for mariners — with the potential for at least 25-foot seas offshore.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The shelter will not be a walk-in shelter, only open to those who receive referrals from the city’s homeless services navigators or police officers, according to Bontrager.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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The navigator advised them to sign the paperwork and said the loss estimate could be adjusted later, Lowe said.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Shipman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipman. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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