Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The officer in command of a merchant ship.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The captain, master, or commander of a ship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The captain, master, or commander of a ship.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
master of aship ; acaptain ; acommander .
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Examples
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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.
1492, 1922
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Cabeça de Vaca and the shipmaster were the only men capable of handling an oar in their boat.
Days of the Discoverers L. Lamprey 1910
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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.
1492 Mary Johnston 1903
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You can bet I'm glad they took my nickname from 'shipmaster' rather than from 'little cannon.'
Speaker for the Dead Card, Orson Scott 1986
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The book starts by attempting to establish a commonly recognized definition of 'shipmaster', described in general terms as 'a qualified seafarer in charge of a ship '.
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The book starts by attempting to establish a commonly recognized definition of 'shipmaster', described in general terms as 'a qualified seafarer in charge of a ship '.
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The book starts by attempting to establish a commonly recognized definition of 'shipmaster', described in general terms as 'a qualified seafarer in charge of a ship '.
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The 47-year-old shipmaster was charged with liability for a vessel causing damage in a marine park, an offense that carries a maximum 55,000 Australian dollar ($51,200) fine.
Australia Arrests Chinese Ship Captain, Senior Officer, Who Smashed Great Barrier Reef 2010
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The 47-year-old shipmaster was charged with liability for a vessel causing damage in a marine park, an offense that carries a maximum 55,000 Australian dollar ($51,200) fine.
Australia Arrests Chinese Ship Captain, Senior Officer, Who Smashed Great Barrier Reef 2010
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The point of view is from the shipmaster, Inigo, who finds a girl on a pirate ship.
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