Shipmate
['ʃɪpmeɪt] or ['ʃɪpmet]
Definition
(n.) One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.
Typed by Adele
Examples
- Well; but Shipmate--' 'Don't call me Shipmate,' said the man. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I only stood at the door, one night--on the lower step there--while a shipmate of mine looked in to speak to your father. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is cheerful to meet a shipmate in these out-of-the-way places and compare notes with him. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Edited by Lelia