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boarding-masters

boarding-masters is the plural of boarding-master.

Meaning of boarding-master

Noun

boarding-master (plural boarding-masters)

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

Questions about boarding-masters

What is boarding-masters the plural of?
Boarding-masters is the plural of boarding-master.

Words near boarding-masters in the dictionary

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

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