Definition of "shipwright" []

• One that builds or repairs ships. (noun)

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• "You enlist him as one of your companions and a shipwright should be a very useful member of your crew."
• "“And as shipwright and able assistant,” she laughed back."
• "It was in her blood, of course; that shipwright grandfather of hers was probably the last of a long line of merchant seamen."