Definitions
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- noun A
shipmaster ;skipper ;captain .
Etymologies
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From Middle English *shiplord, *schiploverd, from Old English sciphlāford ("shipmaster, skipper", literally "ship-lord"), equivalent to ship + lord.
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Examples
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It is as the shiplord says, it makes you no better than they!
TO STORM HEAVEN ESTHER FRIESNER 1990
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“And how are we to do that, shiplord?” one of the Na’amOberyin demanded.
TO STORM HEAVEN ESTHER FRIESNER 1990
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