shiplord
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English schyplord, from Old English sċiphlāford (“shipmaster, skipper”, literally “ship-lord”), equivalent to ship + lord.
Noun edit
shiplord (plural shiplords)
- A shipmaster; skipper; captain.
- 2000, Esther Friesner, To Storm Heaven:
- “And what would you have us do then, shiplord?” Nish na'am spoke bitterly.
- 2002, Harry Turtledove, Colonization: Aftershocks - Page 427:
- The position of shiplord came with pay.
- 2003, Dave Duncan, Paragon Lost: A Chronicle of the King's Blades - Page 373:
- Since it seemed to lead in the right direction and its banks were virtually uninhabited, the shiplord declared it good fortune and chose to press on.