shipper

«shipper» in Mova's school dictionary: A person or company that sends goods from one place to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a shipper, shippers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person or company that sends goods from one place to another, by sea, air, road or rail. tree →

2) (informal, fans) A person who likes the idea of two characters in a story or show being a couple and supports that pairing. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and business lessons shippers move goods around the world in containers; in everyday life a shipper sends parcels bought online. Among young fans online, a «shipper» is someone who «ships» two characters, from «relationship». Phrases: «a freight shipper», «the shipper pays the cost».

examples

• The shipper sent the parcel by air. tree →
• Big shippers carry toys from factories to shops across the ocean. tree →
• The shipper charges more for heavy boxes. tree →
• The company is the largest shipper of bananas. tree →
• (informal) Half the fans are shippers who want the two heroes to fall in love. tree →
• The shipper lost my package, so they sent a new one. tree →

note

Countable. Note «shipper» sends things but does not have to use a ship; in the USA «ship» just means «send». The fan sense comes from the verb «to ship» (to want two characters together).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shipper» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.