Meaning

2 senses
  1. A fellow sailor serving on the same ship as another.

    an associate on the same ship with you

  2. (informal)Any sailor (when used as a form of address by a sailor).

Examples

3 sentences
  1. I'll introduce you to the rest of the shipmates.

    deIch stelle dich dem Rest der Schiffsmannschaft vor.

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  2. On his way home he met an old shipmate, and took a long walk with him.

    deAuf dem Heimweg traf er einen alten Schiffskollegen, mit dem er einen langen Spaziergang unternahm.

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  3. On being asked where this old shipmate lived, he was unable to give any satisfactory reply.

    deAuf die Frage, wo dieser alte Schiffskamerad denn wohne, konnte er keine zufriedenstellende Antwort geben.

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Forms

plural: shipmates
Singularshipmate
Pluralshipmates

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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