as in sailor
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
in the middle of the vasty deep the shipman enjoys a splendid isolation that the landsman will never know
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Recent Examples of shipman
Australian shipmen are going to train with American and British personnel.
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The Editors, National Review, 16 Mar. 2023
Featuring Dan Whelton as the Irish shipman who falls in love with Anna and Nancy E. Carroll as a woman involved with Anna’s father.
—BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2018
The Editors, National Review, 16 Mar. 2023
Featuring Dan Whelton as the Irish shipman who falls in love with Anna and Nancy E. Carroll as a woman involved with Anna’s father.
—BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipman
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The late former president may have served honorably as a sailor, but his instincts as president were to shrink and deprioritize America’s naval forces.Steven Wills, National Review, 11 Jan. 2025
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Despite influencing multiple books and movies, in many ways, the sailors' real-life tale is even more harrowing.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Based out of smaller home ports such as Greenport on Long Island, the Picket Force flotilla was known informally as the Corsair Fleet or, sometimes, the Hooligan Navy, an unsubtle nod to the ragtag collection of mariners at its core.David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Perched atop a windswept bluff, this Victorian Gothic beauty has been guiding mariners since 1890.Cliff Lewis, Orange County Register, 13 Dec. 2024
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Success planning provides each student with a navigator who co-creates a unique plan of action with each child, their family, educators, and other caring adults.Libby Schaaf, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
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Other analyses of career navigation programs explain specific elements like the role of career navigators.Bruno V. Manno, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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