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shipper
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shipper has 2 senses
- shipper(n = noun.person) - someone who ships goods; is a kind of bourgeois, businessperson
- shipper(n = noun.group) - a company in the business of shipping freight; is a kind of company
has particulars: consigner, consignor
Derived form verb ship1
Derived form verb ship1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shipper, n. a person or company that sends or receives goods by ship, or US by land or air.
Etymology
OE scipere (as SHIP)
THESAURUS
shipper
Aquarius, Ganymede, Hebe, bearer, bheesty, busboy, caddie, cargo handler, carrier, carrier pigeon, carter, common carrier, conveyer, coolie, cupbearer, drayman, express, expressman, freighter, gun bearer, hauler, homing pigeon, letter carrier, litter-bearer, porter, redcap, shield-bearer, skycap, stevedore, stretcher-bearer, the Water Bearer, transporter, truck driver, trucker, wagoner, water boy, water carrier
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