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boarding-master

boarding-master noun: a person employed to find crews for ships, sometimes by illicit practices such as shanghaiing.

Noun

boarding-master (plural boarding-masters)

  1. (historical) A person employed to find crews for ships, sometimes by illicit practices such as shanghaiing.

Forms of boarding-master

pluralboarding-masters

Questions about boarding-master

What does boarding-master mean?
Boarding-master means a person employed to find crews for ships, sometimes by illicit practices such as shanghaiing.
What part of speech is boarding-master?
Boarding-master is a noun.
What is the plural of boarding-master?
The plural of boarding-master is boarding-masters.

Words near boarding-master in the dictionary

  1. boarding stable
  2. boarding stables
  3. boarding up
  4. boarding-house
  5. boarding-houses
  6. boarding-master
  7. boarding-masters
  8. boarding-school
  9. boardinghouse
  10. boardinghouse reach
  11. boardinghouse reaches

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