shipmate

• I am in the navy and I am on a ship with a crew of 250 people, and myself and another shipmate are the only tarheel fans. —  Sports News : CBSSports.com
• He therefore cautiously approached him and, in a low voice, asked him who he was You may suppose, sir," said Burridge, "when he gave me the account my heart did leap with joy, when I found that he was an old shipmate--the pilot of a vessel I once sailed in! —  John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea
• He knew the name of every sailor that had ever been his shipmate, and also, of every vessel, captain, and officer, and the principal dates of each voyage; and a sailor whom he afterwards fell in with, who had been in a ship with Harris nearly twelve years before, was very much surprised at having Harris tell him things about himself which he had entirely forgotten. —  Two Years Before the Mast
• My father at once recognised the voice as that of a shipmate, and exclaimed, "Good God! —  Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville
• I explained to Miss Spencer that my companion had lately been her shipmate, and my brother-in-law came up and was introduced to her. —  Four Meetings

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