in the middle of the vasty deep the shipman enjoys a splendid isolation that the landsman will never know
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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
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of shipman was
before the 12th century
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