shipwright

American  

[ship-rahyt] / ˈʃɪpˌraɪt /

noun

Shipbuilding.

1. 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 British  

/ ˈʃɪpˌraɪt /

noun

1. an artisan skilled in one or more of the tasks required to build vessels

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Etymology

Origin of shipwright

before 1100; Middle English; Old English scipwyrhta. See ship ¹, wright

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Example Sentences

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shipwright

Residents were listed as having a range of occupations, from grocer and carpenter to shipwright and pastor.

From Washington Post ● May 24, 2021

Before he sailed, he gave his palace and all its goods to the shipwright—an ironic gift, since the palace and its goods, and presumably the shipwright, too, would be destroyed the next day.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019

Though she works on all kinds of projects, Newsom, the granddaughter of a shipwright, said she has worked on more than 200 shipwrecks in her career and enjoys them.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 27, 2018

Raines returned with a shipwright, and, later, with John Bratten and Greg Cook, professors in the anthropology department at the University of West Florida who have studied Southern shipwreck sites.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2018

"Does Father know that you've married his shipwright?" he asked his sister.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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