shipman
Vessel crew member
A shipman is a sailor or seaman—one who works aboard a ship.
The word is archaic, appearing mainly in older literature: The shipman steered through rough seas.
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales includes a shipman among its pilgrims.
Modern usage favors sailor, seaman, or mariner.
One who navigates oceans
- helmsmanOne who navigates vessels
- deckhandShip's manual laborer
- bosunShip's deck crew chief
- quartermasterOfficer managing military supplies
steward · watchkeeper · cabin-boy · midshipman · able-bodied · swabbie · yachtsman · coxswain
Of the Middle Ages
- pilgrimReligious journey-taker
- CanterburyHistoric English ecclesiastical seat
- merchantOne who sells wares
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
Chaucer · trading · venturing · apprentice
Vessel's steering mechanism
- forecastleForward upper deck section
- starboardVessel's right-hand side
- portsideVessel's left flank
- keelHull's structural base
rudder · mast · sails · anchor · compass · sextant · logbook · capstan
Onboard food preparation area
- freighterVessel for transporting goods
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
- linerInner protective covering
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
destroyer · merchantman · schooner · clipper · brigantine · caravel · dhow · junk
Travel from place to place
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- passageSegment of text
- navigationDetermining position and course
seafaring · transit · embarkation · landfall · circumnavigation · charter · whaling · privateering
seafarer
One who navigates oceans
quartermaster · steward · watchkeeper · cabin-boy · midshipman · able-bodied · swabbie · yachtsman · coxswain · skipper
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
- pilgrimReligious journey-taker
- CanterburyHistoric English ecclesiastical seat
- merchantOne who sells wares
Chaucer · guild · trading · venturing · apprentice
helm
Vessel's steering mechanism
- forecastleForward upper deck section
- starboardVessel's right-hand side
- portsideVessel's left flank
keel · rudder · mast · sails · anchor · compass · sextant · logbook · capstan · bulkhead
galley
Onboard food preparation area
frigate · destroyer · merchantman · schooner · clipper · brigantine · caravel · dhow · junk · sampan
journey
Travel from place to place
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- passageSegment of text
navigation · seafaring · transit · embarkation · landfall · circumnavigation · charter · whaling · privateering
shipmanhomebody
One preferring domestic life
stay-at-home · settler · homesteader · villager · townsfolk
- shipment trackingMonitoring goods in transit