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shipper

[ ship-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

shipper

[ ship-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

, Slang.

a person who discusses, writes about, or hopes for a romantic relationship between fictional characters, as in fan fiction, or between famous people, whether or not the romance actually exists in the book, show, etc., or in real life:
Harry Potter/Hermione Granger shippers.

shipper

/ ˈʃɪpə /

Origin of shipper¹

before 1100; 1745–55 for current sense; late Old English scipere sailor (not recorded in ME); ship ¹, -er ¹

Origin of shipper²

First recorded in 1995–2000; shortening of earlier relationshipper (in the same sense)

This commodity rate, while special to meet a particular contingency, was open to any other shipper similarly circumstanced.

Rates are sometimes changed, not to suit the shipper but to serve the railway's interests.

And it would indeed follow, were it not that the incidence of the rate is rarely upon the actual shipper.

Or an excessive allowance might be made by the railway for some service or facility afforded by the shipper.

What the amount of such Underclassification of freight by collusion between agent and shipper was, can only be conjectured.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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