shipmaster
noun
ship·mas·ter
ˈship-ˌma-stər 
: the master or commander of a ship other than a warship
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The former, of course, is the less expensive option, which means there is a financial angle to any decision the shipmaster must make.
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Ken Roberts, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
In this case, a call from the shipmaster activating its plan went to a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based company, Resolve Marine, which had been previously contracted to handle any emergency involving the DALI.
—Ken Roberts, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
The elderly victim was a decidedly unsympathetic figure, a onetime shipmaster and merchant who’d built his fortune in part by transporting enslaved people from the Ivory Coast to the Caribbean.
—Barbara Spindel, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2021
The shipmaster quickly realized what had happened and that the vessel had crossed over the pipeline, the records indicate.
—Adam Elmahrek, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2021
Valleys for topographers and whaling ships, a glacier for a shipmaster’s wife, and a fjord for a Dutch whaling skipper.
—Juliana Hanle, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2019
The building replaces the iconic Italianate-style Lincoln Building, which was built by shipmaster James B. Lincoln in 1859.
—Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2019
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Ken Roberts, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
In this case, a call from the shipmaster activating its plan went to a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based company, Resolve Marine, which had been previously contracted to handle any emergency involving the DALI.
—Ken Roberts, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
The elderly victim was a decidedly unsympathetic figure, a onetime shipmaster and merchant who’d built his fortune in part by transporting enslaved people from the Ivory Coast to the Caribbean.
—Barbara Spindel, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2021
The shipmaster quickly realized what had happened and that the vessel had crossed over the pipeline, the records indicate.
—Adam Elmahrek, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2021
Valleys for topographers and whaling ships, a glacier for a shipmaster’s wife, and a fjord for a Dutch whaling skipper.
—Juliana Hanle, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2019
The building replaces the iconic Italianate-style Lincoln Building, which was built by shipmaster James B. Lincoln in 1859.
—Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2019
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“Shipmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shipmaster. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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