Definition of Shipman

1. n. A seaman, or sailor.

Definition of Shipman

1. Noun. A labourer on a ship. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shipman

1. a sailor [n SHIPMEN] - See also: sailor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shipman

shipfuls
shipfyrd
shiphandler
shiphandlers
shipholder
shipholders
shiplap
shiplaps
shipless
shiplet
shiplets
shiplike
shipling
shipload
shiploads
shipman (current term)
shipmaster
shipmasters
shipmate
shipmates
shipmen
shipment
shipments
shipowner
shipowners
shippable
shippage
shippe
shipped
shippen

Literary usage of Shipman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut: From the First Indian Deed in 1659 by William Cothren (1872)
"Daniel shipman, March 3d, 1820, aged 49 years 6 months and 10 days. Sarah shipman, his wife, Oct. 27,1842, aged 68 years 2 month and 16 days. ..."

2. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of by Ezra Scollay Stearns, William Frederick Whitcher, Edward Everett Parker, Lewis Publishing Company, Lewis publishing company, Chicago (1908)
"There is well founded evidence that shipman Isaac H. shipman was a lineal descendant from Edward or Edmund shipman (as the name was later written}, ..."

3. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1893)
"It appears from the record that in December, 1888, Moore and shipman were engaged ... R. Tennis & Co., was presented to Moore and shipman at their place of ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1842)
"About two hours after the accident, Dr. shipman was called to visit him. ... Dr. shipman was summoned by the superintendent of the establishment, ..."

5. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by New York (State). Constitutional Convention (1916)
"Mr. shipman — Yes. I think that the Comptroller should not only be appointed ... Mr. shipman — The great government of the United States which collects over ..."

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