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shipcarvers

shipcarvers is the plural of shipcarver.

Meaning of shipcarver

Noun

shipcarver (plural shipcarvers)

  1. Someone who creates the decorative wooden elements for ships, such as figureheads, catheads, and so on
    • The art of the shipcarver was steeped in a tradition of civic celebration that communicated messages of national allegiance, community pride, and personal success.1992, SL Lahvis, “Icons of American Trade: The Skillin Workshop and the Language of Spectacle”, in Winterthur Portfolio

Questions about shipcarvers

What is shipcarvers the plural of?
Shipcarvers is the plural of shipcarver.

Words near shipcarvers in the dictionary

  1. shipbuilder
  2. shipbuilders
  3. shipbuilding
  4. shipbuildings
  5. shipcarver
  6. shipcarvers
  7. shipcarving
  8. shipcarvings
  9. shipcraft
  10. Shipe
  11. shipentine

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