Definition of Shipmates

1. Noun. (plural of shipmate) ¹

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Definition of Shipmates

1. shipmate [n] - See also: shipmate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shipmates

shipholder
shipholders
shiplap
shiplaps
shipless
shiplet
shiplets
shiplike
shipling
shipload
shiploads
shipman
shipmaster
shipmasters
shipmate
shipmates (current term)
shipmen
shipment
shipments
shipowner
shipowners
shippable
shippage
shippe
shipped
shippen
shippens
shipper
shipper weld
shippers

Literary usage of Shipmates

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

1. Incidents of a Whaling Voyage: To which are Added Observations on the by Francis Allyn Olmsted (1841)
"BEFORE proceeding farther in my narrative, I will introduce the reader more particularly than I have yet done, to my ship and shipmates. ..."

2. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"Well, shipmates, to get on with my yarn :—when we'd run a league or two, ... exclaimed the boatswain's mate ; " and, shipmates, I call you all to witness ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Shipley, Arthur Everett, 1861- Honey-bee. Edln. R. 219: 157-72. Ja. '14. shipmates; story. P: В. Купе. Sunset. 32: 542- Getting the goods In; ..."

4. Personal Narrative of a Journey from India to England, by Bussorah, Bagdad by George Thomas Keppel Albemarle (1827)
"CHAPTER V. We take leave of our shipmates—And proceed on our Voyage—Our Boatmen ... affectionate leave of our shipmates; to many of whom, I grieve to say, ..."

5. Catalogueby Colorado State Library by Colorado State Library (1884)
"The shipmates; an Evening Conversation : being a Supplement to the Tract, intitled " Conversation in a Boat." 173. The Prize Bibles. LIVERPOOL. ROSCOE CLUB. ..."

6. Literary News by L. Pylodet, Augusta Harriet (Garrigue) Leypoldt (1901)
"shipmates. WHEN Mr. Morgan Robertson writes of the sea, the tang of the brine and ... "shipmates" is the most diversified work of fiction this virile sea ..."

7. Through Siberia, the Land of the Future by Fridtjof Nansen (1914)
"CHAPTER I FROM NORWAY TO THE KARA SEA Departure : Object of the Voyage : shipmates : At Tromso : Captain Ritscher and the unfortunate expedition to ..."

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