Etymology

shiplord

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Today it means: A shipmaster; skipper; captain. Full definition →

Middle English schyplord ← Old English sċiphlāford
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  1. Old English · inherited fromsċiphlāford“shipmaster, skipper”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromschyplord
  3. English todayshiplord

From Middle English schyplord, from Old English sċiphlāford (“shipmaster, skipper”, literally “ship-lord”), equivalent to ship + lord.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.