Definitions For Shipman

Noun

{{en-noun, shipmen}} A seaman or sailor; a mariner. (obsolete) The master of a ship; shiplord. A labourer on a ship.

Etymology

from {{inh + en + enm + schipman}}, from {{inh + en + ang + scipmann + + shipman, mariner, sailor, rower; one who goes on trading voyages; pirate}}, equivalent to ship + man. cognate with {{cog + is + skipmaður}}, {{m + is + skipamaður + + shipman}}.

Anagrams

-manship, Manship, manship, shimpan

Is Shipman a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
16

The word Shipman is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Shipman in a Sentence

  • In the middle of the vasty deep the shipman enjoys a splendid isolation that the landsman will never know

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