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Shipmate

//ˈʃɪpˌmeɪt// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    an associate on the same ship with you wordnet
  3. 3
    Any sailor (when used as a form of address by a sailor). informal

Etymology

From ship + -mate.

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