different between sailor vs shipmate

English

Alternative forms

• sailour (obsolete)

Etymology

Alteration of earlier sailer, from Middle English sailer, sayler, saylere, equivalent to sail +? -or. Cognate with German Segler (“sailor”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English marinel, marynell (“sailor”) borrowed from Old French marinel (“sailor”). See mariner.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?se?l?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?se?l?/
• Hyphenation: sail?or
• Rhymes: -e?l?(?)

Noun

sailor (plural sailors)

1. A person in the business of navigating ships or other vessels
2. Someone knowledgeable in the practical management of ships.

3. A member of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
4. A person who sails sailing boats as a sport or recreation.

   Coordinate term: yachtsman

5. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Neptis, Pseudoneptis and Phaedyma, having white markings on a dark base and commonly flying by gliding.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:sailor

Derived terms

• mouth of a sailor
• sailoress
• sailor-fish

Translations

See also

• sailor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• lascar

Anagrams

• Lorias, Losari, Solari

English

Etymology

ship +? mate

Noun

shipmate (plural shipmates)

1. (nautical) A fellow sailor serving on the same ship as another.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     "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.

2. (nautical, informal) Any sailor (when used as a form of address by a sailor).

Anagrams

• aphetism, mateship, teamship