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Shipwright

/ˈʃɪpɹaɪt/

A person who designs, builds and repairs ships, especially wooden ones.

📖 Definitions of "Shipwright"

noun

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Word	Definition
foremannoun	(management) The leader of a work crew.
shipbuildernoun	A person who builds vessels such as ships and boats.
ship-buildernoun	Alternative spelling of shipbuilder. [A person who builds vessels such as ships and boats.]
shipworkernoun	A person who works in a shipyard.
boatsmithnoun	A maker of boats or ships; shipbuilder.
shipfitternoun	A person employed to fabricate and assemble the structural parts of a ship.
naval architectnoun	A person who designs ships or who plans and superintends the construction of ships.
housewrightnoun	A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a lumberjack) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then sawed it into planks, and finally jointed and assembled them (like a carpenter).
boardsmannoun	A surfer.
shipmannoun	Synonym of sailor.
framernoun	A person who makes frames for paintings.
plankernoun	A workman who fits planks to a ship.
boatbuildernoun	A person involved in boatbuilding; one who builds boats.
ship-mannoun	Alternative form of shipman. [Synonym of sailor.]
shipownernoun	(nautical) Someone who owns a ship.
shipbreakernoun	One who works in shipbreaking.
woodworkernoun	A person skilled at woodworking.
sailornoun	A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
sheetsmannoun	(nautical) someone who controls the trim of the sails.
shieldwrightnoun	One who makes or works with shields.