A person or company that sends goods by ship, truck, or other transportation method. One who organizes and facilitates the movement of cargo from origin to destination.
From 'ship' (from Old English scip) plus the agent suffix '-er' indicating one who performs an action. While originally referring specifically to sea transport, the term expanded to include all forms of freight transportation by the 19th century.
Shipper demonstrates how maritime vocabulary anchored itself in global commerce - even when goods travel by truck or plane, we still use the language of ships. It's a linguistic testament to how seafaring dominated early long-distance trade so completely that its terminology became the universal language of logistics.
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