shipman

ship·man

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ship-muh n]
- /ˈʃɪp mən/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ship-muh n]
- /ˈʃɪp mən/

Definitions of shipman word

noun plural shipman a sailor. 1
noun plural shipman the master of a ship. 1
noun shipman seaman (sense 1) 0
abbreviation SHIPMAN shipmaster 0

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Origin of shipman

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English; Old English scipman; cognate with Middle Dutch schipman, German Schiff(s)mann. See ship1-man

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Parts of speech for Shipman

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Shipman

shipman popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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shipman usage trend in Literature

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