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shipmate

noun — 2 senses

shipmate

noun

/ˈʃɪpˌmeɪt/ · /ˈʃɪpmɪt/

Etymology From ship + -mate.

1

Nautical, Transport A fellow sailor serving on the same ship as another.

  • "And who else?" returned the other, getting more at his ease. "Black Dog as ever was, come for to see his old shipmate Billy, at the 'Admiral Benbow' inn. Ah, Bill, Bill, we have seen a sight of times, us two, since I lost them two talons," holding up his mutilated hand.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
2

Nautical, Transport Informal Any sailor (when used as a form of address by a sailor).

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