Where does shiplord come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

shiplord

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"“And what would you have us do then, shiplord?” Nish na'am spoke bitterly."
"The position of shiplord came with pay."
"Since it seemed to lead in the right direction and its banks were virtually uninhabited, the shiplord declared it good fortune and chose to press on."

From Middle English schyplord, from Old English sċiphlāford (“shipmaster, skipper”, literally “ship-lord”), equivalent to ship + lord.

shiplords (plural)

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