shipmanship

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noun

The role or skills of a shipman.

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Meanings

nounshipmanship (uncountable)
  1. uncountablenauticalThe role or skills of a shipman.

    […] the marine superintendent, for which ex-shipmanship can be a requirement […]

    2013, Costas Grammenos, The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business, page 591
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    […] her rôle was not to encumber the party with easels, but to sit and admire our shipmanship on seas high or low as the case might be.

    1952, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 272, page 24

Origin

From shipman + -ship.

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APA

shipmanship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipmanship

MLA

“shipmanship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipmanship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shipmanship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipmanship.

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