shipper.
A seaman; mariner; skipper.
Meaning & usage
A seaman; mariner; skipper.
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.
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”).
A person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people.
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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