shipmate
noun
ship·mate
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Definition of shipmate
: a fellow sailor
Examples of shipmate in a Sentence
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Lieutenant Morgenthau, the executive officer, saved several shipmates, leapt into the water and swam for three hours in the darkness until he and others were picked up by an American warship. — Robert D. Mcfadden, New York Times, "Robert Morgenthau, Longtime Manhattan District Attorney, Dies at 99," 21 July 2019 Jolly and his shipmates were involved in five invasions altogether, in Africa, Italy, southern France, and Okinawa. — Denise Coffey, courant.com, "Armand Jolly Inspires Donation To Veterans Coffeehouse," 12 Aug. 2019 The untimely loss of a fellow aviator and shipmate pains us all. — Los Angeles Times, "Navy names pilot who died in Death Valley crash," 2 Aug. 2019 First in school where God was not part of the ritual, thence to some intense discussions among my fellow shipmates while serving in the US Navy. — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, "Letters: My allegiance is to the people," 11 July 2019 Tom Walter, a consultant to the Perot family and former EDS executive, worked with Ross Perot longer than anyone — beginning as shipmates on a Navy destroyer nearly 65 years ago. — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, "Remembering Ross Perot: To catch a thief with Tom Walter, Perot drove the getaway car," 11 July 2019 This helped confirm that Goodsir and his shipmates buried at Beechey Island had been exposed to the same general lead sources. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Strands of hair shed light on doomed 19th-century Arctic expedition," 30 Sep. 2018 The retired Navy officer had just gone to bed on the USS Oriskany in October 1966 when stacks of parachute flares used to light up bombing targets in Vietnam burst into flames on board, killing 44 shipmates. — Michael Laris, Washington Post, "On Memorial Day in D.C., signs of respect and echoes of all that was lost," 28 May 2018 Another monolith appears on the moon, and yet another in orbit around Jupiter, where an astronaut named Dave Bowman connects with it after subduing a neurotic computer, the HAL 9000, which has murdered his shipmates. — Dennis Overbye, New York Times, "‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Is Still the ‘Ultimate Trip’," 10 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'shipmate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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shipmate
noun
English Language Learners Definition of shipmate
: a sailor who works or sails on the same ship as another sailor
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