shipmate

noun

Definition of shipmatenext
as in crewman

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Recent Examples of shipmate The ship was refurbished in 2019 and offers 10 dining options, a full-service Starbucks, and a casino for late-night bonding around the blackjack table with your new shipmates. — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024 Many have no grave to call their own, entombed beneath the seas in the arms of their shipmates. — The Editors, National Review, 27 May 2024 In the meantime, the shipmates waited in a city far from their homes. — William Wan, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024 His shipmates bury him on land, marking his grave with his prosthetic wooden horse leg. — EW.com, 26 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for shipmate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipmate
  1. crewman
  2. sailor
  3. seaman
  4. deckhand
  5. coxswain
  6. mariner
  7. seafarer
  8. navigator
Noun
  • Only two of the crewman were pulled into the other lifeboat that held Minch and his family, and the vessel bobbed in the darkness amid rough weather for 10 hours, experts said.
    — Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Players including Aliyah Boston and Nneka Ogwumike—also featured in the Adidas shoot—are mingling, while crewmen move around screens and scaffolding.
    — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
Definition of crewman
Noun
  • The next two were the dodo, whose extinction was facilitated by the arrival of Dutch sailors, who brought various invasive species on their ships, and the thylacine, a marsupial with the face of a fox and the stripes of a zebra.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The unique language got its start thanks to a melting pot of inhabitants— Native Americans, English sailors, and pirates from a variety of places—all living together in one isolated location.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of sailor
Noun
  • The captain of a diving boat has been found guilty of seaman’s manslaughter after one of his passengers died tangled up in the propeller, according to federal prosecutors in Florida.
    — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
  • For their heroic efforts, two — an ensign and a seaman — were awarded medals of honor.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of seaman
Noun
  • After Harry asks Wihan for clarification, Wihan calls a deck meeting to emphasize that there is no lead deckhand.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
  • During Below Deck's sixth season in 2018, Freeburg made headlines for saving cast member deckhand Ashton Pienaar, who was pulled overboard when a tow line wrapped around his ankle.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of deckhand
Noun
  • When Paris hosted the Games in 1900, a pair of Dutch rowers asked a French boy to be their coxswain.
    — Jenna West, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Another Los Gatos boat that claimed silver medals was the Women’s Under 15 Quad-x with a coxswain.
    — Phil Jensen, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024
Definition of coxswain
Noun
  • It is highly recommended that mariners without the proper experience seek safe harbor prior to the onset of gale conditions.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • For any shipping hub to flourish in the early days of Great Lakes maritime trade, lighthouses were needed to warn mariners of shoals, and welcome boats to critical harbors which still dot the lakes.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of mariner
Noun
  • All international and domestic flights were grounded as air traffic controllers joined seafarers, train drivers, doctors, lawyers and teachers in a 24-hour general strike to pay tribute to the victims of the crash.
    — Reuters, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The removal of the HRA from the Somali basin increased confidence among shipping companies and seafarers.
    — Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
Definition of seafarer
Noun
  • Organizations that view middle management as obstacles fail to recognize their critical role as translators, navigators, and stabilizers of meaningful change.
    — Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The Cancer Support Community (CSC), for instance, operates a helpline (888-793-9355) where caregivers can talk to a navigator for information and resources based on their unique needs, including local support programs and online communities.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of navigator

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