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shipper

/ˈʃɪpə/SHIH-pur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈʃɪpɚ/SHIH-pur

Meaningone who ships

Common meaning: a person or firm that sends goods

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*skap-‘dig, scrape, shave, shape’source
  2. Old EnglishscipsourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishschipsource
  4. Englishship‘a large sea-going vessel’
  5. Englishformed in English from shipshipper‘a person or firm that sends goods’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from ship + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SHIP, p.548 · scan

Source words

  • scip Old English · source word “a large sea-going vessel”

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