Shiplord

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A shipmaster; skipper; captain.

    "“And what would you have us do then, shiplord?” Nish na'am spoke bitterly."

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"“And what would you have us do then, shiplord?” Nish na'am spoke bitterly."

Etymology

From Middle English schyplord, from Old English sċiphlāford (“shipmaster, skipper”, literally “ship-lord”), equivalent to ship + lord.

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