ship-broker
noun
a person who acts for a shipowner by getting cargo and passengers for his ships and also handling insurance and other matters
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How to use ship-broker in a sentence
"Well, it so happened that I'd just the very thing they seemed to want," continued the ship-broker.
Ravensdene Court | J. S. (Joseph Smith) FletcherThe ship-broker started a little as he glanced at the card and realized Scarterfield's calling.
Ravensdene Court | J. S. (Joseph Smith) FletcherFather outdoor clerk of some ship-broker in Rotterdam; mother dead.
An Outcast of the Islands | Joseph ConradHer father was a ship-broker, and afterwards had vessels of his own.
Notable Women Authors of the Day | Helen C. Black
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