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British Dictionary definitions for ship-broker

ship-broker

noun
  1. 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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Examples from the Web for ship-broker

Historical Examples

  • Father outdoor clerk of some ship-broker in Rotterdam; mother dead.

    An Outcast of the Islands

    Joseph Conrad

  • Her father was a ship-broker, and afterwards had vessels of his own.

  • "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) Fletcher

  • The ship-broker started a little as he glanced at the card and realized Scarterfield's calling.

    Ravensdene Court

    J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher