schipman

Inherited from Old English sċipmann, from Proto-West Germanic *skipamann, from Proto-Germanic *skipamann-; equivalent to schip (“ship”) +‎ man (“man”).

• chipman, schip man, schippeman, schypmanne, shipman, shipmon, shippeman, shippman, shypman, ssipman, szipman
• scipmon, sipman (Early Middle English)

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃipˌman/

schipman (plural schipmen)

1. sailor (individual working on or navigating a ship)

   Synonyms: mariner, seeman

2. captain (commander of a ship)
3. (rare) pirate (seaborne robber)

• English: shipman
• Middle Scots: schipman

• “ship-man, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

schipman

1. alternative form of chapman