7 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
originFrom Middle English schipman, from Old English scipmann (“shipman, mariner, sailor, rower; one who goes on trading voyages; pirate”). Cognate with Icelandic skipmaður, skipamaður (“shipman”). Equivalent to ship + -man. Compare English boatman.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0