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harbormaster

harbormaster noun: an official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.

Noun

harbormaster (plural harbormasters)

  1. (US) An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
    • The harbormaster met them with a group of men armed with swords and crossbows. Cedhunt identified them as a mercantile mission from Albion, and Alexsay, the harbormaster, escorted them to Nikhol’s zamok, a sprawling two-storied building much larger than any squarr’s bighouse Barigrange had seen...1988 February, Charles Fontenay, “Fredeya”, in Robert Adams, Martin H[arry] Greenberg, Patricia Crippen Adams, editors, Barbarians II (Demons and Sorcerers), New York, N.Y.: Signet, →ISBN, page 185

harbormaster meaning in Indonesian

harbormaster in Indonesian

official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
syahbandar

Forms of harbormaster

pluralharbormasters
alternative formharbour master
alternative formharbourmaster
alternative formharbor master

Origin of harbormaster

From harbor + master.

Questions about harbormaster

What does harbormaster mean?
Harbormaster means an official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
What is harbormaster in Indonesian?
Harbormaster in Indonesian is syahbandar. See Harbormaster meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is harbormaster?
Harbormaster is a noun.
What is the plural of harbormaster?
The plural of harbormaster is harbormasters.

Words near harbormaster in the dictionary

  1. harborful
  2. harborfuls
  3. harboring
  4. harborless
  5. harborlessness
  6. harbormaster
  7. harbormasters
  8. harbormistress
  9. harbormistresses
  10. Harborne
  11. harborough

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