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nauclerus

nauclerus noun: a shipmaster, a shipowner, a skipper.

Noun

nauclerus (plural naucleri)

  1. (Ancient-Rome, chiefly Ancient Greece) A shipmaster, a shipowner, a skipper
    • Hence we find that the nauclerus often owns a share (Sacerdoti, p. 40; Scriba, 645; other authorities below).1909, The Rhodian Sea-Law, page clxv
    • It was during the thirteenth century that one of the owners (patroni) acting as representative of all of them, was legally recognized as the ship’s master (il patrono). The nauclerus became merely his mate, the later nocchiero.1973, Venezia e il Levante fino al secolo XV, page 409

Forms of nauclerus

pluralnaucleri

Origin of nauclerus

Borrowed from Latin nauclērus, from Ancient Greek ναύκληρος (naúklēros).

Questions about nauclerus

What does nauclerus mean?
Nauclerus means a shipmaster, a shipowner, a skipper.
What part of speech is nauclerus?
Nauclerus is a noun.
What is the plural of nauclerus?
The plural of nauclerus is naucleri.

Words near nauclerus in the dictionary

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  3. Naubinway
  4. Naucalpan
  5. naucleri
  6. nauclerus
  7. naucorid
  8. naucorids
  9. naucorioid
  10. naucoroid
  11. naucrar

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