ship-broker
Britishnoun
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Bertrand, greatly surprised, followed the ship-broker to a lane close by—a dark, solitary locality, which suggested an unpleasant misgiving, very pleasantly relieved by Derville's first words.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852 by Chambers, Robert
He would think it undignified to beat a boy; he wears a black frock coat, keeps novels in his cabin, wears a finger-ring, and tries to look like a ship-broker.
From The Romance of the Coast by Runciman, James
But the ship-broker held up a deprecating hand.
From Ravensdene Court by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)
Father outdoor clerk of some ship-broker in Rotterdam; mother dead.
From An Outcast of the Islands by Conrad, Joseph
The ship-broker finds ships for the merchant, when he wants to send his goods abroad; or goods for captains and masters of vessels to freight their ships with.
From London in 1731 by Gonzales, Don Manoel
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