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ship-builder

ship-builder is the alternative spelling of shipbuilder.

Meaning of shipbuilder

Noun

shipbuilder (plural shipbuilders)

  1. A person who builds vessels such as ships and boats.
    • Referring to the genealogy of the Dobie family, we find that it can be traced back to the sixteenth century, when the Dobies of Dobie's Lane were prominent shipbuilders in the seaport town of Leith, Scotland.1902, James Miller Guinn, Historical and Biographical Record of Southern California: Containing a History of Southern California from Its Earliest Settlement to the Opening Year of the Twentieth...
  2. A firm that specializes in building ships.

Forms of ship-builder

pluralship-builders

Questions about ship-builder

What is ship-builder the alternative spelling of?
Ship-builder is the alternative spelling of shipbuilder.

Words near ship-builder in the dictionary

  1. ship's husband
  2. ship's wheel
  3. ship's wheels
  4. ship, shipmate, self
  5. ship-breaker
  6. ship-builder
  7. ship-builders
  8. ship-building
  9. ship-buildings
  10. ship-fever
  11. ship-jumper

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