shipman

[ ship-muhn ]

noun

, plural ship·men.

1. a sailor.
2. the master of a ship.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shipman¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English scipman; cognate with Middle Dutch schipman, German Schiff ( s ) mann. See ship ¹ -man

Example Sentences

"The olden days, when discreet GPs used to bump people off if life got unendurable - unfortunately Dr Shipman changed all that because everything tightened up."

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Dr Harold Shipman - thought to be Britain's most prolific serial killer - was convicted in 2000 of murdering 15 of his patients.

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She said an inquiry into Harold Shipman, a GP thought to have murdered hundreds of his patients, shed little light on why he carried out his crimes and found he was able to kill undetected over many years.

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Lady Thirlwall said it was "utterly unacceptable" Letby had been able to strike after similar previous inquiries including into the crimes of Beverley Allitt, a fellow nurse who murdered four infants in 1991, and killer GP Harold Shipman.

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He added that norm had changed since Shipman's killings, when doctors "became rather fearful of the legal consequences".

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