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shipper¹

  • /ˈʃɪp.ə/ Australia, UK
  • [ˈʃɪp.ə] Australia, UK
  • /ˈʃɪp.ɚ/ Canadian, US, Standard
  • [ˈʃɪp.ɚ] ~ [ˈʃɪp.ɹ̩] Canadian, US, Standard

Rhymes with -ɪpə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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”).

noun shippers

  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.

shipper²

  • /ˈʃɪp.ə/ Australia, UK
  • [ˈʃɪp.ə] Australia, UK
  • /ˈʃɪp.ɚ/ Canadian, US, Standard
  • [ˈʃɪp.ɚ] ~ [ˈʃɪp.ɹ̩] Canadian, US, Standard

Rhymes with -ɪpə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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.

noun shippers

  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 […]

    Similar: relationshipper · Opposite: anti-shipper

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cargo, shipment, transporter, dispatcher, shipping, haulier, carrier, mag, contractor, brick, charger, battery, slide, sender, forwarder, clip

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noun the person or organization that ships (sends) something

Ελληνικάναυλωτής navlotís, αποστολέας apostoléas
Русскийгрузоотправи́тель gruzootpravítelʹ, товароотправи́тель tovarootpravítelʹ, отправи́тель otpravítelʹ

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@misc{shipper_2026,
  title = {shipper},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shipper},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}