shipmann.
/ˈʃɪpmən/, U.S. /ˈʃɪpmən/ 1. A seaman or sailor. Now somewhat archaic.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun]
shipmanc900
seamanOE
buscarlOE
shipperc1100
ship-gumec1275
marinerc1300
skipper1390
marinela1400
waterman1421
maryneller1470
seafarer1513
sea-fardingera1550
navigator1574
marinec1575
sailer1585
Triton1589
Neptunist1593
canvas-climber1609
sea-crab1609
tar-lubber1610
Neptunian1620
salt-rover1620
sailora1642
tarpaulin1647
otter1650
water dog1652
tarpauliana1656
Jack1659
tar1676
sea-animal1707
Jack tar1709
sailor-man1761
tarry-breeks1786
hearty1790
ocean-farera1806
tarry-jacket1822
Jacky1826
nautical1831
salt water1839
matelotc1847
knight of the tar-brush1866
main-yard man1867
gobby1883
tarry-John1888
blue jersey1889
lobscouser1889
flat-foot1897
handyman1899
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iii. xiii. 200 Þa ongunnon þa nedlingas & þa scipmen þa oncras upp teon.
1052 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (MS. C) Se cyng hæfde eac mycele landfyrde on his healfe to eacan his scypmannum.
1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) Þær æfter wæron feole scipmen on sæ & on wæter.
c1275 Laȝamon Brut 1335 Brutus iheorde segge of his sipmannen of þan vuele ginne þat cuþe þe mereminne.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 354 Shipmen and shepherdes þat with shipp & shepe wenten.
1406 T. Hoccleve La Male Regle 238 So inly mirie syngith shee [the mermaid], þat the shipman ther-with fallith a sleepe.
1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 236 xviij shipmen as laborers laboryng..abought..the Kynges dokke.
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Agst. Idolatry iii. sig. O o 4 Our Ladye, to whom shypmen synge Aue maris stella.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. ii. 175 The dreadfull spout Which Shipmen do the hurricano call. View more context for this quotation
1623 R. Carpenter Conscionable Christian 65 A most ridiculous folly, like to the Shipmans continuall labouring at the pumpe, without any care to mend the leake.
1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xvi. ii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 508 He was seen sailing by the shipmen most unexpectedly.
1791 E. Nairne Poems 82 But when the shipmen's boist'rous noise Jan heard, He cried, ‘Dant gu no furder—I'm afeard’.
1876 J. R. Lowell Ode 4th July iv. ii They steered by stars the elder shipmen knew.
2. A master mariner; the master of a ship; a skipper. Also: a pilot.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > captain or master
skipper1390
master shipmana1393
master mariner?a1400
shipmanc1405
shipmasterc1440
commanderc1450
patron1490
shipper1496
ship-governor1526
reis1585
nakhoda?1606
sea-captain1612
malem1615
manjee1683
captain1705
patroon1719
old man1821
owner1903
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 390 A Shipman was ther, wonyng fer by weste.
1429 Rolls of Parl. IV. 359/2 No oyer shipp~man yat is bothe Possessour and Maister of any Shippe.
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 1395 Shep-man [loq.] stryke! skryke! lett fall an ankyr to grownd!
a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 234/1 The Ship-man, or Pilot, that brings the Ship into harbour.
1912 J. Masefield Widow in Bye St. ii. xxxix The wise shipman puts his ship about Seeing the gathering of those waters wan.
Compounds
C1. † shipman-craft n. Obsolete = ship-craft n.† shipman-star n. Obsolete the pole-star.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > art or science of
ship-craft1398
shipman-craft1418
marinage1511
marinership1542
navigation1559
watercraft1566
shipmastery1593
marinary1684
sea-craft1727
seamanship1766
nautics1793
boatmanship1812
sailorship1820
watermanship1830
shipmanship1838
seamancraft1871
wayfinding1871
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding
ship-craft1398
shipman-craft1418
naupegy1570
mouldingc1575
newbuilding1588
navarchy1648
shipbuilding1717
boatbuilding1758
1418 26 Pol. Poems xiv. 43 Þe wyseman his sone forbed..shipman craft.
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the world > the universe > star > kind of star > giant > [noun] > supergiant > Pole star
North Stara1387
polea1398
shipman-star1398
pole arcticc1400
tramontanec1400
transmontane starc1400
pommel1503
sail-star?c1510
Pole Star1555
star?1555
Arctic Pole1565
polar star1578
northern star1590
cynosure1596
Polaris1675
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xi. iii Vnder þe sterre þat hatte polus articus schyppman sterre.
C2. Possessive combinations.† shipman's breek n. Obsolete = shipman's hose n.† shipman's card n. Obsolete the mariner's compass; (also) a map of the sea.† shipman's hose n. Obsolete a sailor's wide trousers; (often figurative) a statement of wide application that can be turned to fit any case.Contrasted with the tight-fitting hose then worn.† shipman's stone n. Obsolete the lodestone.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > something that can be applied to any case
shipman's hose1540
shipman's breek1563
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > wide or loose
slops1481
shipman's hose1540
slop1560
shipman's breek1563
drawers1567
kelsouns1568
scaling1577
scavilones1577
scabilonian1600
calzoons1615
linings1631
swabber-slopsa1658
pantaloon1686
underslops1737
trousers1773
pyjamas1801
Cossacks1820
Turkish trousers1821
hakama1822
salwar1824
slacks1824
sherwal1844
overall1845
bag1853
sack-pants1856
bloomer1862
trouser skirt1883
petticoat trousers1885
mompe1908
step-in1922
bombachas1936
baggies1962
jams1966
palazzo1970
hose-
1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 52 Forgeing thair sermonis for the plesuir of euery auditour, efter the fassoun of schipmenis breiks, mete for euery leg.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > map > [noun] > chart
shipman's card1530
carda1532
chard?a1560
sea-card?a1560
mariner's card1594
seaman card1636
chart1696
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > compass
compass?1518
dial1523
shipman's card1530
nautical compass1552
mariner's compass1594
pyx1686
pyxis1686
box and needle1753
magnetic compass1838
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > chart
shipman's card1530
carda1532
card of the sea1555
chard?a1560
sea-card?a1560
mariner's card1594
seaman card1636
sea-chart1669
chart1696
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 267/1 Shypmans carde, carte.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. x. f. 85v Manye of those mappes which are commonly cauled the shipmans cardes, or cardes of the sea.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. iii. 16 All the Quarters that they [sc. the winds] know, I'th' Ship-mans Card . View more context for this quotation
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. xi. xiv. 366 Shafts of malicious wit..were [l]et fly from all the quarters in the shipman's card.]
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > something that can be applied to any case
shipman's hose1540
shipman's breek1563
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > wide or loose
slops1481
shipman's hose1540
slop1560
shipman's breek1563
drawers1567
kelsouns1568
scaling1577
scavilones1577
scabilonian1600
calzoons1615
linings1631
swabber-slopsa1658
pantaloon1686
underslops1737
trousers1773
pyjamas1801
Cossacks1820
Turkish trousers1821
hakama1822
salwar1824
slacks1824
sherwal1844
overall1845
bag1853
sack-pants1856
bloomer1862
trouser skirt1883
petticoat trousers1885
mompe1908
step-in1922
bombachas1936
baggies1962
jams1966
palazzo1970
hose-
1540 W. Gray Answere to Maister Smyth vii Although a shypmans hose, wyll serue all sortes of legges Yet Christes holy scrypture, wyll serue no rotten dregges.
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. L3 They make the lawes (as it were) shipmens hoosen,..turning and wresting them, at their pleasure.
1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes L 3 The fourth letter of our Orators..is a shipmans hose that will serue any man as well as Green or mee.
a1625 J. Boys Wks. (1629–30) 414 Making the Scriptures a shipmans hose to cover their own malitious humours.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > magnetic devices or materials > [noun] > a magnet or loadstone
adamant1345
stone1390
magnesa1398
shipman's stonec1400
loderc1460
lode1509
lodestone?1518
siderite1589
sail-stone1595
pebble1856
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xiv. 161 The Ademand, that is the Schipmannes Ston, that drawethe the Nedle to him.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 447/1 Schypmannys stone, calamita.
Derivatives
ˈshipmanship n. the art of navigation.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > art or science of
ship-craft1398
shipman-craft1418
marinage1511
marinership1542
navigation1559
watercraft1566
shipmastery1593
marinary1684
sea-craft1727
seamanship1766
nautics1793
boatmanship1812
sailorship1820
watermanship1830
shipmanship1838
seamancraft1871
wayfinding1871
1838 T. De Quincey in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 159 He was respected equally for his seamanship and his shipmanship.
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