skipper
(master, captain, sea captain, skipper)
Princeton's WordNet
an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
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captain
(master, captain, sea captain, skipper)
Princeton's WordNet
an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
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sea captain
(master, captain, sea captain, skipper)
Princeton's WordNet
an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
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master
(master, captain, sea captain, skipper)
Princeton's WordNet
an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
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petty officer
(ˈpɛt i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
one of the minor officers on a merchant ship.
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master
(ˈmæs tər, ˈmɑ stər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a person who commands a merchant ship.
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bos'n
(boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun)
Princeton's WordNet
a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
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bo's'n
(boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun)
Princeton's WordNet
a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
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boatswain
(boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun)
Princeton's WordNet
a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
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bosun
(boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun)
Princeton's WordNet
a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
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supercargo
(supercargo)
Princeton's WordNet
an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase
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bo'sun
(boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun)
Princeton's WordNet
a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
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argosy
(ˈɑr gə si)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a large merchant ship, esp. one with a rich cargo.
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registry
(ˈrɛdʒ ə stri)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the nationality of a merchant ship as shown on its register.
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fo'c'sle
(forecastle, fo'c'sle)
Princeton's WordNet
living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
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forecastle
(forecastle, fo'c'sle)
Princeton's WordNet
living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
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register
(ˈrɛdʒ ə stər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to document (a merchant ship engaged in foreign trade).
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register
(ˈrɛdʒ ə stər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an official document issued to a merchant ship as evidence of its nationality.
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supercargo
(ˌsu pərˈkɑr goʊ, ˈsu pərˌkɑr-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a merchant-ship officer who is in charge of the cargo and the commercial concerns of the voyage.
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argosy
Webster Dictionary
a large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size
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tidesman
Webster Dictionary
a customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter
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address
Webster Dictionary
to consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore
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supercargo
Webster Dictionary
an officer or person in a merchant ship, whose duty is to manage the sales, and superintend the commercial concerns, of the voyage
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galleon
(ˈgæl i ən, ˈgæl yən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a large sailing vessel of the 15th to the 17th centuries used as a fighting or merchant ship, square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and generally lateen-rigged on one or two after masts.
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insure
Webster Dictionary
specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured
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bottomry
Webster Dictionary
a contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and usually does, exceed the legal rate of interest. See Hypothecation
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torpedo
Webster Dictionary
a kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship
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enter
Webster Dictionary
to get admission; to introduce one's self; to penetrate; to form or constitute a part; to become a partaker or participant; to share; to engage; -- usually with into; sometimes with on or upon; as, a ball enters into the body; water enters into a ship; he enters into the plan; to enter into a quarrel; a merchant enters into partnership with some one; to enter upon another's land; the boy enters on his tenth year; to enter upon a task; lead enters into the composition of pewter
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shell plating
(shell plating)
Princeton's WordNet
the plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship
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pump well
(pump well)
Princeton's WordNet
an enclosure in the middle of a ship's hold that protects the ship's pumps
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