noun
Meaning 1
A seaman; mariner; skipper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
shipper
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪp.ə/
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈʃɪp.ə]
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Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈʃɪp.ɚ/
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Canadian, General-American, Standard: [ˈʃɪp.ɚ] ~ [ˈʃɪp.ɹ̩]
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rhymes with -ɪpə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: SH IH1 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The person or organization that ships (sends) something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The shipper should have paid for insurance on the package, because it was damaged when it arrived.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A box for shipping something fragile, such as bottled beer or wine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: relationshipper
Antonyms: anti-shipper
noun
Meaning 5
a company in the business of shipping freight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: company
noun
Meaning 6
someone who ships goods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: businessperson, bourgeois
Narrower terms: consigner, consignor
History
Etymology
Either formed anew from ship + -er or borrowed from Middle Low German schipper; compare skipper and Old English sċipere (“sailor”). Piecewise doublet of skipper (“captain, sailor”).
From a clipping of relationshipper. Relationshipper emerged in early online fandom of the television series The X-Files as a term for fans who supported the possibility of a Mulder/Scully romance. It was shortened to r'shipper, then 'shipper, and finally shipper. By surface analysis, ship (“to create a fictional romantic relationship”) + -er.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: изпращач (izpraštač) — the person or organization that ships (sends) something
- Bulgarian: товародател (tovarodatel) — the person or organization that ships (sends) something
- Czech: přepravce — the person or organization that ships (sends) something
- Greek: ναυλωτής (navlotís) — the person or organization that ships (sends) something
- Greek: αποστολέας (apostoléas) — the person or organization that ships (sends) something
- Russian: грузоотправи́тель (gruzootpravítelʹ) — the person or organization that ships (sends) something
- Russian: товароотправи́тель (tovarootpravítelʹ) — the person or organization that ships (sends) something
- Russian: отправи́тель (otpravítelʹ) — the person or organization that ships (sends) something