ship's company

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ship's company

noun ships' companies

  1. The entire crew of a ship, including the officers [T]he whole ship's company consisted of sixty-five men.
  2. nonstandard, possibly All of the occupants of a ship, including crew and passengers. The whole ship's company, captain, officers, quarter-masters, passengers, and all, were quite sure that she had succeeded in getting a promise of marriage from him.

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@misc{ship_s_company_2026,
  title = {ship's company},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ship's%20company},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}