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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an associate on the same ship with you

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1748 a fellow sailor

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a fellow member of a ship's crew.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Shipmate Ship"mate`, n. One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(shipmates) Sailors who work together on the same ship are shipmates. His shipmates stayed at their stations. N-COUNT: oft poss N

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