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shipmate
[ ship-meyt ]
noun
- a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
shipmate
/ ˈʃɪpˌmeɪt /
noun
- a sailor who serves on the same ship as another
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The Esperanza was still smothered, and a stab of pity went through Joe's heart as he saw his shipmate wallowing.
Mrs Plausible will be quite pleased at meeting her old shipmate; she often talks about you.
Then said the Sea-eagle: “Look forth, shipmate, and tell me of the land.”
“Yes, sir,” we answered; “but poor Derrick has gone;” and we explained how our other shipmate had been lost.
He put his arm round her, not as a man puts his arm round a woman, but as a shipmate puts his arm round a shipmate.
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