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• Mariner

  ·noun One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor. ...

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• mariner

  n. name given in Tasmania toa marine univalve mollusc, either Elenchus badius,or E. bellulus, Wood....

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• mariner

  One who obtains his living on the sea, in whatever rank. But with our old voyagers mariners were abl...

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• Master

  ·noun A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. II. Master ·vi To be skillful; to <<Excel>>. III. Ma...

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• master

  The epithet for the captain or commander of a merchant vessel. When England first became a maritime ...

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• Baggage master

  ·- One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel. ...

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• Harbor master

  ·- An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor. ...

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• Master vibrator

  ·add. ·- In an internal-combustion engine with two or more cylinders, an induction coil and vibrator...

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• Mint-master

  ·noun The master or superintendent of a mint. Also used figuratively. ...

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• Wreck-master

  ·noun A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, ·etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck. ...

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• gentleman's master

  A highway robber, because he makes a gentleman obey his commands, i.e. stand and deliver. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• kyrk-master

  church-warden. N. ...

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• attendant master

  A dockyard official. (See master-attendant.) ...

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• ballast-master

  A person appointed to see the port-regulations in respect to ballast carried out. ...

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• barrack-master

  The officer placed in charge of a barrack. ...

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• beach-master

  A superior officer, captain, appointed to superintend disembarkation of an attacking force, who hold...

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• harbour-master

  An officer appointed to inspect the moorings, and to see that the ships are properly berthed, and th...

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• ice-master

  A pilot, or man of experience, for the Arctic Sea. ...

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• master-attendant

  An officer in the royal dockyards appointed to assist in the fitting or dismantling, removing or sec...

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• master-shipwright

  The chief superintendent in the building and repairing of ships in the royal dockyards. ...

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• prize-master

  The officer to whom a prize is given in charge to carry her into port. ...

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• quarter-master

  A petty officer, appointed to assist the master and mates in their several duties, as stowing the ho...

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• vendue master

  A commercial and marine auctioneer. ...

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• Three Mariner Court

  North out of Fore Street at No.102, in Cripplegate WardWithout, west of Grub Street (Horwood, 1799-E...

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• post master general

  The prime minister, who has the patronage of all posts and places. ...

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• master and commander

  A title which, in 1814, was simplified to commander, the next degree above lieutenant; he ranks with...

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• master-at-arms

  In former times was an officer appointed to command the police-duty of a ship, to teach the crew the...

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• master of misrule

  An officer of an hour or two, when the hands were piped "to mischief." The lord or abbot of misrule ...

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• quarter-master general

  Is the head of that department of the army which has charge of the quartering, encamping, embarking,...

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• master of the mint

  A gardener. ...

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• master of the rolls

  A baker. ...

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• master of the wardrobe

  One who pawns his clothes to purchase liquor. ...

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• master of the fleet

  A master on board the commander-in-chief's ship, who has a general superintendence of the stores iss...

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• master of a ship-of-war

  An officer appointed by the commissioners of the navy to attend to the navigating a ship under the d...

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