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ship-broker

British

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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She knew perfectly well that the highest professorship could only earn in a year what an ordinary ship-broker made in a month.

From The Malady of the Century by Nordau, Max Simon

But the ship-broker held up a deprecating hand.

From Ravensdene Court by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)

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

From Ravensdene Court by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)

I had no doubt whatever that Miss Raven and myself were in the hands of the two men who had bought the Blanchflower from Jallanby, the ship-broker of Hull.

From Ravensdene Court by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)

"They sailed precisely three weeks ago next Monday," answered the ship-broker, "and the name of the vessel is the Blanchflower."

From Ravensdene Court by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)

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