shipwright
[ ship-rahyt ]
/ ˈʃɪpˌraɪt /
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noun Shipbuilding.
a person who builds and launches wooden vessels or does carpentry work in connection with the building and launching of steel or iron vessels.
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shipwright
/ (ˈʃɪpˌraɪt) /
noun
an artisan skilled in one or more of the tasks required to build vessels
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