Associations to the word «Shipmate»

Wiktionary

SHIPMATE, noun. (nautical) A fellow sailor serving on the same ship as another.
SHIPMATE, noun. (nautical) (informal) Any sailor (when used as a form of address by a sailor).

Dictionary definition

SHIPMATE, noun. An associate on the same ship with you.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke