"shipman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shipmen [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English schipman, from Old English scipmann (“shipman, mariner, sailor, rower; one who goes on trading voyages; pirate”). Cognate with Icelandic skipmaður, skipamaður (“shipman”). Equivalent to ship + -man. Compare English boatman. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mon-}}, {{inh|en|enm|schipman}} Middle English schipman, {{inh|en|ang|scipmann||shipman, mariner, sailor, rower; one who goes on trading voyages; pirate}} Old English scipmann (“shipman, mariner, sailor, rower; one who goes on trading voyages; pirate”), {{cog|is|skipmaður}} Icelandic skipmaður, {{m|is|skipamaður||shipman}} skipamaður (“shipman”), {{affix|en|ship|-man}} ship + -man, {{cog|en|boatman}} English boatman Head templates: {{en-noun|shipmen}} shipman (plural shipmen)
  1. Synonym of sailor. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: sailor [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-shipman-en-noun-OjvnNhdm Disambiguation of Occupations: 33 31 36 Disambiguation of People: 89 6 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 45 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 31 38 31
  2. (obsolete) The master of a ship; shiplord. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-shipman-en-noun-aOC9-H~F Disambiguation of Occupations: 33 31 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 45 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 43 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 31 38 31
  3. A labourer on a ship. Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-shipman-en-noun-6T9NZ165 Disambiguation of Occupations: 33 31 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 45 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 31 38 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ship-man Related terms: midshipman

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