Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Norse skipari.[1]

Noun

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eschipre oblique singularm (oblique plural eschipres, nominative singular eschipres, nominative plural eschipre)

  1. sailor; mariner

Descendants

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  • Middle French: eschipre, esquipe, scippre

References

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “skipari”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 118