as in sailor
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel in the middle of the vasty deep the shipman enjoys a splendid isolation that the landsman will never know
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Recent Examples of shipman The shipman embarked on Sunday for an over 48-hour journey that would take him from the Iraqi port where his vessel was anchored to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, before finally meeting his wife and parents in his hometown of Mumbai. —
Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026 Australian shipmen are going to train with American and British personnel. —The Editors, National Review, 16 Mar. 2023 Featuring Dan Whelton as the Irish shipman who falls in love with Anna and Nancy E. Carroll as a woman involved with Anna’s father. —BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2018
Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026 Australian shipmen are going to train with American and British personnel. —The Editors, National Review, 16 Mar. 2023 Featuring Dan Whelton as the Irish shipman who falls in love with Anna and Nancy E. Carroll as a woman involved with Anna’s father. —BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipman
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Long before the Kraken haunted sailors’ tales, something just as monstrous actually cruised the ancient seas — and scientists just found the proof.— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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In the days leading up to it, there are parties and gatherings at yacht clubs for sailors from all around who have built friendships off the water through the years.— Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, a backlog of 18,000 merchant mariner credentials has built up, delaying the certification of workers essential to maritime commerce.— Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
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Danielson remembers Lind, an affable old mariner then in his seventies, complimenting them on their docking skills, and introducing himself as the owner of the Robert Gray, a 125-foot Army Corps of Engineers research vessel built in 1936.— Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
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Wauconda police said students at Wauconda High School came forward to report Faulkner, who works for the College of Lake County and is assigned to Wauconda High School as a college and career navigator.— Noel Brennan, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
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People too often imagine the Church as having played second fiddle in colonial history, jumping on opportunities opened up by the actions of kings, navigators, and merchants.— Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Shipman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/shipman. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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