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shipmate

shipmate

23 3.2
A person who works or travels on the same ship
  • noun
  • /ˈʃɪpˌmeɪt/
translation icon : compañero de tripulación
  • After months at sea, I developed strong bonds with my shipmate.

So our last value is meta meta mates me, which is it's sort of this adaptation from this old navel saying ship, shipmate self.

Examples

  • "By luck, I ran into some of my old shipmates," Oudeis said.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • I am thankful for all of my shipmates and my family for supporting me throughout my career.

    Blog text (11)
  • I was a shipmate of his.

  • Seems you got a new shipmate.

  • She-- she was a good officer, a good shipmate.

  • I want you to meet my shipmate, Bake Baker.

  • Alix, come and meet my shipmate and his wife.

  • We all have shipmates we remember.

  • There is no better, more genial shipmate than Henry Belt.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Dan Callaghan, a shipmate of my father during the period prior to the war.

    Blog text (11)

Synonyms

crewmate
vsshipmate
10 2.8

A person who works with others on the same ship, plane, or spacecraft

applies to anyone aboard the same ship, not only crew members

Surface Forms

shipmate singular
shipmates plural

Morphology

shipmate = ship + mate (transparent) = ship + mate

The meaning is directly compositional: a mate associated with or on the same ship.

Etymology

The word shipmate is simply made from ship and mate, where mate means 'friend' or 'companion'. So a shipmate is someone who shares the same ship with you and is both a fellow worker and a friend.