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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Historical Examples of ship-broker

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.
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Helen C. Black
"Well, it so happened that I'd just the very thing they seemed to want," continued the ship-broker.
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J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
The ship-broker started a little as he glanced at the card and realized Scarterfield's calling.
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J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher