shipman
See also: Shipman
English
Etymology
From Middle English schipman, from Old English scipmann (“shipman, mariner, sailor, rower; one who goes on trading voyages; pirate”), equivalent to ship + man. Cognate with Icelandic skipmaður, skipamaður (“shipman”).
Noun
shipman (plural shipmen)
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