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noun
A fellow sailor serving on the same ship as another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Any sailor (when used as a form of address by a sailor).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
an associate on the same ship with you
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: associate
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old English scip Middle English schip English ship English -mate English shipmate From ship + -mate.
