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shipper.

A seaman; mariner; skipper.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃɪp.ə/Australia, Received-Pronunciation[ˈʃɪp.ə]Australia, Received-Pronunciation/ˈʃɪp.ɚ/Canadian, General-American, Standard[ˈʃɪp.ɚ] ~ [ˈʃɪp.ɹ̩]Canadian, General-American, Standard
  1. A seaman; mariner; skipper.

    archaic
  2. The person or organization that ships (sends) something.

    The shipper should have paid for insurance on the package, because it was damaged when it arrived.
  3. A box for shipping something fragile, such as bottled beer or wine.

Where this word comes from

Either formed anew from ship + -er or borrowed from Middle Low German schipper; compare skipper and Old English sċipere (“sailor”). Piecewise doublet of skipper (“captain, sailor”).

noun/ˈʃɪp.ə/Australia, Received-Pronunciation[ˈʃɪp.ə]Australia, Received-Pronunciation/ˈʃɪp.ɚ/Canadian, General-American, Standard[ˈʃɪp.ɚ] ~ [ˈʃɪp.ɹ̩]Canadian, General-American, Standard
  1. A person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people.

    slang
Where this word comes from

From a clipping of relationshipper. Relationshipper emerged in early online fandom of the television series The X-Files as a term for fans who supported the possibility of a Mulder/Scully romance. It was shortened to r'shipper, then 'shipper, and finally shipper. By surface analysis, ship (“to create a fictional romantic relationship”) + -er.

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