Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An officer who oversees and enforces the regulations of a harbor.

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  • noun US, nautical An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.

Etymologies

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harbor +master

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Examples

  • Maddy apparently called the harbormaster and asked him to let her know when her cousin was coming in to off-load his catch.

    Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010

  • Maddy apparently called the harbormaster and asked him to let her know when her cousin was coming in to off-load his catch.

    Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010

  • Maddy apparently called the harbormaster and asked him to let her know when her cousin was coming in to off-load his catch.

    Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010

  • Maddy apparently called the harbormaster and asked him to let her know when her cousin was coming in to off-load his catch.

    Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010

  • The harbormaster is a young man, a quadroon, and was attired in a dark blue coat, brilliant with tarnished gold shoulder straps and trimmings and buttons, while his head was ornamented with a white cork hat, from the back of which depended a "pugaree" (a scarf or veil of white cloth worn around the hat, and much affected by the bloods of the tropics.)

    The Liberian Exodus. An Account of Voyage of the First Emigrants in the Bark "Azor," and Their Reception at Monrovia, with a Description of Liberia--Its Customs and Civilization, Romances and Prospects. Alfred Brockenbrough Williams 1878

  • The Loch Lomond Marina, for instance, has a yearlong waiting list for the 52 berths designated as live-aboard slips in the 520-slip marina, said harbormaster Pat Lopez .

    Pleasure Boats Offer Shelter in Rough Times Jim Carlton 2011

  • The local authorities, headed by the harbormaster Estèl, had put a price of seven thousand gold pieces on the head of the notorious pirate Diego Waterwalker.

    D&D nathreee 2009

  • Ariel Zambelich for The Wall Street Journal David Michael Rhoads At Berkeley Marina, 100 people are living on their boats versus about 80 two years ago, while the waiting list to do so has grown to 25 to 35, from 15 to 20, over the same time, said Ann Hardinger , harbormaster of the 1,000-slip marina.

    Pleasure Boats Offer Shelter in Rough Times Jim Carlton 2011

  • At South Beach Harbor in San Francisco, up to five of the 700 boat slips have been occupied over the past two years by people who sneak onto their boats to sleep at night even though the marina doesn't allow living full time, said harbormaster James Walter .

    Pleasure Boats Offer Shelter in Rough Times Jim Carlton 2011

  • Willie Davis, a 41-year-old harbormaster in Pass Christian, Miss., said he fears his area will be forgotten if BP pulls out too soon.

    Gulf Oil Spill Investigation: Companies At Fault Will Be In Charge Of Recovering Evidence 2010

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