Meaning of Shipmate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fellow sailor serving on the same ship as another.
2. Any sailor (when used as a form of address by a sailor).
   informal

Equivalents

Examples

“"And who else?" returned the other, getting more at his ease. "Black Dog as ever was, come⟳ for to see⟳ his old shipmate Billy, at the 'Admiral Benbow' inn. Ah, Bill, Bill, we have⟳ seen a sight of times, us two, since I lost them two talons," holding up his mutilated hand.”

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