armator
armator noun: a shipowner.
Noun
armator (plural armators)
- A shipowner.
- If the ſaid deſerters can only be arreſted after the departure of the ſhip, they ſhall be condemned to eight days confinement, to return the advances, and to pay to the captain, or the armators, the damages ariſing from their deſertion, if there are any; and ſhall make a campaign of three months in...1791, [John Borlase Warren], A View of the Naval Force of Great-Britain: In which Its Present State, Growth, and Conversion, of Timber; Constructions of Ships, Docks, and Harbours; Regulations of...
- Thus, when a difference arose between the armators of two privateers on the subject of sharing the prize Jeune Française of Calais “sur le pied d’homme pour homme,” the Court ordered sale of the cargo by both armators jointly (Amirauté 4, f.12). […] John Bowden, armator of the Prosperous Galley...1987, John Selwyn Bromley, Corsairs and Navies, 1600-1760, London; Ronceverte, W.V.: The Hambledon Press, →ISBN, page 372
Examples of armator in a sentence
- James of Ile de Dars. […] The armators of the Marlborough contended that Bowden and Hubert were out of power to prosecute before another Court while the case was before the Court of Jugements.1987, John Selwyn Bromley, Corsairs and Navies, 1600-1760, London; Ronceverte, W.V.: The Hambledon Press, →ISBN, page 372:
- It creates a new situation of competition between the two Polish ferry armators who operate on the Baltic Sea.1996, Gillian Ledger, International Studies in Shipping Policy and Management, University of Plymouth, →ISBN:
- Eleven children died during the forty-one day journey to Algiers as a consequence of the armators’ scrimping on costs.2005, Jennifer Elson Sessions, Making Colonial France: Culture, National Identity and the Colonization of Algeria, 1830-1851, University of...
Forms of armator
| plural | armators |
|---|
Origin of armator
From French armateur.
Questions about armator
- What does armator mean?
- Armator means a shipowner.
- How do you use armator in a sentence?
- James of Ile de Dars. […] The armators of the Marlborough contended that Bowden and Hubert were out of power to prosecute before another Court while the case was before the Court of Jugements.
- What part of speech is armator?
- Armator is a noun.
- What is the plural of armator?
- The plural of armator is armators.
Words near armator in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: armator (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “armator.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/armator. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.