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Vinony

shipmate

noun

  1. person with whom another shares a nautical voyage
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Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪpˌmeɪt/ / /ˈʃɪpmɪt/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old English scip Middle English schip English ship English -mate English shipmate From ship + -mate.

  1. A fellow sailor serving on the same ship as another.

    “"And who else?" returned the other, getting more at his ease. "Black Dog as ever was, come for to see his old shipmate Billy, at the 'Admiral Benbow' inn. Ah, Bill, Bill, we have seen a sight of times, us two, since I lost them two talons," holding up his mutilated hand.”

  2. Any sailor (when used as a form of address by a sailor).