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port engineer

American  

noun

  1. a person who is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the machinery of the vessels of a shipping line and for the supervision of its engineering personnel.


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Paul Soros, a successful port engineer and older brother to the billionaire financier George Soros.

From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2013

Their port engineer didn't agree with Reardon as to what was wrong with her, so he left.

From Cappy Ricks Retires by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

If there was a word of opprobrium, mundane or nautical, which the port skipper didn't shout at that submarine commander, the port engineer supplied it.

From Cappy Ricks Retires by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

And Matt took the hint, with the result that some six weeks later Cappy Ricks, accompanied by his faithful port captain and his equally faithful port engineer, cleared for Galveston aboard the Sunset Limited.

From Cappy Ricks Retires by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

And Terry Reardon, our new port engineer, will accompany me also.

From Cappy Ricks Retires by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

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