Home › Words › S › shipgirlshipgirl/ˈʃɪpˌɡɜːl/shipgirl means A female fictional humanoid character featuring design elements of a ship, such as anchors, naval guns or torpedo tubes; usually a namesake moe anthropomorphization of a real-life warship.shipgirl is pronounced /ˈʃɪpˌɡɜːl/.EtymologyFrom ship + girl.nounA female fictional humanoid character featuring design elements of a ship, such as anchors, naval guns or torpedo tubes; usually a namesake moe anthropomorphization of a real-life warship.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).