shipmaster
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of shipmaster
1325–75; Middle English schipmaster; cognate with German Schiffmeister
Example Sentences
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Article 98 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea requires every shipmaster “to render assistance to any person found at sea in danger of being lost.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2022
The shipmaster quickly realized what had happened and that the vessel had crossed over the pipeline, the records indicate.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2021
In 1830 Maryland tried Garrison for libeling a shipmaster whose vessel carried nearly ninety captives to Louisiana.
From Time • May 31, 2015
“It’d be controlled chaos onboard,” said Gary Cordes, a retired shipmaster and senior adviser at the Maritime Expert Group, who said he transited the canal nine times between the 1960s and 1980s.
From Washington Post
The phrase originated with William Driver, a retired shipmaster who lived in Nashville, Tennessee.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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