shipper meaning (archaic): definition, etymology and quotations

shipper

noun

AU, UK /ˈʃɪp.ə/ · CA, US /ˈʃɪp.ɚ/

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”).

Archaic A seaman; mariner; skipper.

The person or organization that ships (sends) something.

The shipper should have paid for insurance on the package, because it was damaged when it arrived.

A box for shipping something fragile, such as bottled beer or wine.

Derived terms: comshipper, nonshipper, Rocketshipper, shipperdom

shipper

noun

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.

Lifestyle Slang A person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people.

For creative fans and committed 'shippers^([sic]), fanfiction continues the interaction — the dialogue, the conversation, the story […]2013, Jennifer K. Stuller, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, page 42:

Derived terms: anti-shipper, Barbie shipper, finishipper, friendshipper, multishipper, non-shipper, proshipper, pro-shipper, semi-shipper, shipperhood, shippery
Related terms: ship, shipfic, shipped, shipping