"shipper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃɪp.ə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shipper.wav Forms: shippers [plural]
Etymology: Either formed anew from ship + -er or borrowed from Middle Low German schipper; compare skipper and Old English sċipere (“sailor”). Piecewise doublet of skipper (“captain, sailor”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|osx|gmw-pro|gem-pro}}, {{af|en|ship|-er|id2=occupation}} ship + -er, {{bor+|en|gml|schipper|nocap=1}} borrowed from Middle Low German schipper, {{cog|ang|sċipere|t=sailor}} Old English sċipere (“sailor”), {{piecewise doublet|en|skipper|t1=captain, sailor}} Piecewise doublet of skipper (“captain, sailor”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} shipper (plural shippers)
  1. (archaic) A seaman; mariner; skipper. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Fan fiction, Fiction
    Sense id: en-shipper-en-noun-R3QZN-QI Disambiguation of Fan fiction: 45 4 3 48 Disambiguation of Fiction: 54 6 6 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), English terms suffixed with -er (occupation), Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 22 4 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 30 30 5 35 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (occupation): 50 39 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 51 41 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 42 49 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 43 51 6
  2. The person or organization that ships (sends) something. Translations (the person or organization that ships (sends) something): изпращач (izpraštač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), товародател (tovarodatel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), přepravce (Czech), ναυλωτής (navlotís) [masculine] (Greek), αποστολέας (apostoléas) [masculine] (Greek), грузоотправи́тель (gruzootpravítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), товароотправи́тель (tovarootpravítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), отправи́тель (otpravítelʹ) (alt: гру́за) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-shipper-en-noun--P~Ribik Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 22 4 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 30 30 5 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 46 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 41 53 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 42 49 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 43 51 6 Disambiguation of 'the person or organization that ships (sends) something': 5 94 1
  3. A box for shipping something fragile, such as bottled beer or wine.
    Sense id: en-shipper-en-noun-D-GpRmqP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: shippers [plural]
Etymology: From a clipping of relationshipper. Relationshipper emerged in early online fandom of the television series The X-Files as a term for fans who supported the possibility of a Mulder/Scully romance. It was shortened to r'shipper, then 'shipper, and finally shipper. By surface analysis, ship (“to create a fictional romantic relationship”) + -er. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|relationshipper|nocap=1}} clipping of relationshipper, {{surf|en|ship|-er|id2=agent noun|t1=to create a fictional romantic relationship}} By surface analysis, ship (“to create a fictional romantic relationship”) + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} shipper (plural shippers)
  1. (fandom slang) A person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Containers, Fan fiction, Fandom, Shippers (fandom) Synonyms: relationshipper Related terms: ship, shipfic, shipped, shipping
    Sense id: en-shipper-en-noun-en:slash Disambiguation of Containers: 22 28 5 46 Disambiguation of Fan fiction: 45 4 3 48 Disambiguation of Fandom: 33 8 8 50 Disambiguation of Shippers (fandom): 23 12 10 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 22 4 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 30 30 5 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 32 3 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 29 3 39 Topics: lifestyle Derived forms: anti-shipper, Barbie shipper, finishipper, friendshipper, multishipper, non-shipper, proshipper, pro-shipper, semi-shipper, shipperhood, shippery
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The shipper should have paid for insurance on the package, because it was damaged when it arrived.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The person or organization that ships (sends) something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ship",
          "ship"
        ],
        [
          "send",
          "send"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A box for shipping something fragile, such as bottled beer or wine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "box",
          "box"
        ],
        [
          "fragile",
          "fragile"
        ],
        [
          "bottle",
          "bottle"
        ],
        [
          "beer",
          "beer"
        ],
        [
          "wine",
          "wine"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɪp.ə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izpraštač",
      "sense": "the person or organization that ships (sends) something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "изпращач"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tovarodatel",
      "sense": "the person or organization that ships (sends) something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "товародател"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the person or organization that ships (sends) something",
      "word": "přepravce"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "navlotís",
      "sense": "the person or organization that ships (sends) something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ναυλωτής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apostoléas",
      "sense": "the person or organization that ships (sends) something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αποστολέας"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gruzootpravítelʹ",
      "sense": "the person or organization that ships (sends) something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "грузоотправи́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tovarootpravítelʹ",
      "sense": "the person or organization that ships (sends) something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "товароотправи́тель"
    },
    {
      "alt": "гру́за",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otpravítelʹ",
      "sense": "the person or organization that ships (sends) something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отправи́тель"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shipper"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English clippings",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Containers",
    "en:Fan fiction",
    "en:Fandom",
    "en:Fiction",
    "en:Shippers (fandom)"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "anti-shipper"
    },
    {
      "word": "Barbie shipper"
    },
    {
      "word": "finishipper"
    },
    {
      "word": "friendshipper"
    },
    {
      "word": "multishipper"
    },
    {
      "word": "non-shipper"
    },
    {
      "word": "proshipper"
    },
    {
      "word": "pro-shipper"
    },
    {
      "word": "semi-shipper"
    },
    {
      "word": "shipperhood"
    },
    {
      "word": "shippery"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "relationshipper",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "clipping of relationshipper",
      "name": "clipping"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ship",
        "3": "-er",
        "id2": "agent noun",
        "t1": "to create a fictional romantic relationship"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, ship (“to create a fictional romantic relationship”) + -er",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a clipping of relationshipper. Relationshipper emerged in early online fandom of the television series The X-Files as a term for fans who supported the possibility of a Mulder/Scully romance. It was shortened to r'shipper, then 'shipper, and finally shipper. By surface analysis, ship (“to create a fictional romantic relationship”) + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shippers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "shipper (plural shippers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ship"
    },
    {
      "word": "shipfic"
    },
    {
      "word": "shipped"
    },
    {
      "word": "shipping"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "anti-shipper"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English fandom slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013, Jennifer K. Stuller, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, page 42:",
          "text": "For creative fans and committed 'shippers^([sic]), fanfiction continues the interaction — the dialogue, the conversation, the story […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fandom",
          "fandom"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "romantic",
          "romantic"
        ],
        [
          "sexual",
          "sexual"
        ],
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fandom slang) A person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:slash"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "relationshipper"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dana Scully",
    "Fox Mulder",
    "The X-Files"
  ],
  "word": "shipper"
}

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