Meanings
plural harbormasters · alternative harbour master · alternative harbourmaster · alternative harbor master
- USnauticalAn official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
1 more example
The harbormaster met them with a group of men armed with swords and crossbows. Cedhunt identified them as a mercantile mission from Albion, and Alexsay, the harbormaster, escorted them to Nikhol’s zamok, a sprawling two-storied building much larger than any squarr’s bighouse Barigrange had seen, sitting well up a slope of tastefully landscaped grounds overlooking the sea.
1988 February, Charles Fontenay, “Fredeya”, in Robert Adams, Martin H[arry] Greenberg, Patricia Crippen Adams, editors, Barbarians II (Demons and Sorcerers), New York, N.Y.: Signet, →ISBN, page 185
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek λιμενάρχης
- λιμενάρχης (limenárkhēs)official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
Catalan capità de port, capitana de port
- capità de portofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
- capitana de portofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
Danish havnefoged, havnechef
- havnefogedofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
- havnechefofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
- havnekaptajnofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
- havnemesterofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
Dutch havenmeester, havenkapitein
- havenmeesterofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
- havenkapiteinofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
Finnish satamakapteeni, satamapäällikkö
- satamakapteeniofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
- satamapäällikköofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
French officier de port, capitaine de port
- officier de portofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
- capitaine de portofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
German Hafenmeister, Hafenkapitän
- Hafenmeisterofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
- Hafenkapitänofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
Greek λιμενάρχης
- λιμενάρχης (limenárchis)official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
Icelandic hafnarstjóri, hafnarmeistari
- hafnarstjóriofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
- hafnarmeistariofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
- hafnarfógetiofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
- hafnarkapteinnofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
Indonesian syahbandar
- syahbandarofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
Norwegian havnefogd
- havnefogdofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
Polish kapitan portu
- kapitan portuofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
Portuguese capitão do porto
- capitão do portoofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
Romanian căpitan de port
- căpitan de portofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
Swedish hamnkapten
- hamnkaptenofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
Turkish liman reisi
- liman reisiofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
Welsh porthfeistr, harbwrfeistr
- porthfeistrofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
- harbwrfeistrofficial responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port
Cite this entry
harbormaster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harbormaster
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