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Definition of "shipmaster" []

  • The officer in command of a merchant ship. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "shipmaster" in a sentence
  • "The sometime alcalde and the shipmaster were the talkers, the student sitting as though he were in the desert, eating bread and cheese and onions and looking on his book."
  • "Cabeça de Vaca and the shipmaster were the only men capable of handling an oar in their boat."
  • "You can bet I'm glad they took my nickname from 'shipmaster' rather than from 'little cannon.'"
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