n.; pl. Shipmen A seaman, or sailor. [ Obs. or Poetic ] Chaucer. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
About midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country. Acts xxvii. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]
Shipman's card, the mariner's compass. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]