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shipmate

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Definition of shipmate

as in crewman

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Recent Examples of shipmate Other dives have been conducted to inter the remains of Arizona survivors who wanted to rest eternally with their former shipmates. — Jim Mustian, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026 This subsequently sends the starship forward or backward in time, while occasionally (and inexplicably) transforming your shipmates into freaky clay heads. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026 Zumba, a Navy reservist who earlier was a shipmate of Urena on the destroyer USS Carney, pleaded guilty in December to the same charge. — Steve Patterson, Florida Times-Union, 29 Jan. 2026 Booking too early or too late can mean missing out on perks—or paying more than your shipmates. — Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shipmate

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Noun

The acclaimed author of The Invention of Nature, Andrea Wulf brings erudition and flair to Forster’s peripatetic career as teenaged crewman on Captain Cook’s global voyage.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
Reid along with crewman Aaron Fordy, went out in search of the missing pup.

— Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026

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Noun

The partnership follows Fathom5’s success in Phase III of the Defense Innovation Unit’s NextMRO Prize Challenge, where the company demonstrated software that turned operational Navy maintenance data into applications designed for use by sailors.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
Once home to thousands of sailors and their families, the island emptied after the base closed in 1997.

— Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 20 July 2026

Definition of sailor

Noun

The operator of a tugboat that was pushing a construction barge that ran over a sailboat last summer in Biscayne Bay, killing three summer campers, pleaded guilty to seaman’s manslaughter in federal court on Tuesday.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
Made famous by Jewish-style delis in Richmond, Virginia, to satisfy the appetites of local Navy seamen, the Sailor sandwich is a meat-centric indulgence.

— Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 15 July 2026

Definition of seaman

Noun

The fisherman to my right took a blast to the face, and so did the deckhand, Mike, next to him.

— Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026
In fact, so far, all Joe has done is put his head down, commit to mending his relationship with Nathan, and work hard to earn his position as lead deckhand.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 July 2026

Definition of deckhand

Noun

The Los Gatos squad was comprised of Luke DeGraff (Los Gatos), Julian Weinstein (Los Gatos), Tristan Carpenter (Menlo-Atherton) and Declan McInerney (Los Gatos) with coxswain Kaira Yoo (Los Gatos).

— Phil Jensen, Mercury News, 28 June 2026
In May 1971, his wife’s father, Henry Fletcher, enlisted in the Navy to become a riverine boat coxswain, and in June 1975, his wife, Bobbie, enlisted in the Navy as a cryptologic technician.

— Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026

Definition of coxswain

Noun

Passed in 1920, the Jones Act requires that all shipments by water within the United States, including by ocean, be made on ships that are built in America, owned by American companies, and crewed by American mariners.

— James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
Centcom said the operation was intended to further diminish Tehran’s ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

— Joseph Wilkins,Sean Conlon, CNBC, 20 July 2026

Definition of mariner

Noun

Whereas attacks on mariners from other countries, including Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, have been widely reported, the killing of Mexican seafarers has gone unacknowledged by the Mexican government — and largely unnoticed internationally.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Tehran has repeatedly attacked oil tankers, killing at least two seafarers and injuring more than a dozen this month.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 20 July 2026

Definition of seafarer

Noun

Next up is a 38% markdown on the Fitbit Versa 4 smartwatch, a personal health navigator that tracks your metrics.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 10 July 2026
Troutman said nonurgent calls redirected to the nurse navigators will result in cost savings for Arlington.

— Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026

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