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shipper en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈʃɪp.ɚ/ (Canadian, General-American, Standard)
  • [ˈʃɪp.ɚ] ~ [ˈʃɪp.ɹ̩] (Canadian, General-American, Standard)
  • [ˈʃɪp.ə] (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈʃɪp.ə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. (archaic) A seaman; mariner; skipper.
  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.

Forms

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shippers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Rocketshipper · shipperdom · comshipper · nonshipper

Translations (8)

cs přepravce (the person or organization that ships (sends) something) · bg товародател (the person or organization that ships (sends) something) · el ναυλωτής (the person or organization that ships (sends) something) · ru товароотправи́тель (the person or organization that ships (sends) something) · el αποστολέας (the person or organization that ships (sends) something) · bg изпращач (the person or organization that ships (sends) something) · ru отправи́тель (the person or organization that ships (sends) something) · ru грузоотправи́тель (the person or organization that ships (sends) something)

shipper en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈʃɪp.ɚ/ (Canadian, General-American, Standard)
  • [ˈʃɪp.ɚ] ~ [ˈʃɪp.ɹ̩] (Canadian, General-American, Standard)
  • [ˈʃɪp.ə] (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈʃɪp.ə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (slang) A person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people.
    • For creative fans and committed 'shippers^([sic]), fanfiction continues the interaction — the dialogue, the conversation, the story […] 2013, Jennifer K. Stuller, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, page 42:

Forms

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shippers Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

anti-shipper

Coordinates

slasher

Deriveds

friendshipper · finishipper · non-shipper · shipperhood · multishipper · anti-shipper · pro-shipper · semi-shipper · proshipper · shippery · Barbie shipper

Relateds

shipped · shipfic · shipping · ship

Synonyms

relationshipper

wikipedia: Fox Mulder · wikipedia: Dana Scully · wikipedia: The X-Files