shipowner

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noun

Someone who owns a ship.

OriginEnglish owner ← Middle English schip ← Old English scip →
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Meanings

nounshipowner (plural shipowners)

plural shipowners

  1. nauticalSomeone who owns a ship.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*skey-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*skipą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*skip
  5. Old Englishscip
  6. Middle Englishschip
  7. Englishship
  8. Englishowner
  9. Englishshipowner

From ship + owner.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ναύκληρος
  • ναύκληρος (naúklēros)someone who owns a ship
Chinese Mandarin 船主, 船東 /船东
  • 船主 (chuánzhǔ)someone who owns a ship
  • 船東 /船东 (chuándōng)someone who owns a ship
Danish reder, skibsreder
  • redersomeone who owns a ship
  • skibsredersomeone who owns a ship
Dutch reder
  • redersomeone who owns a ship
Finnish laivanisäntä, laivanvarustaja
  • laivanisäntäsomeone who owns a ship
  • laivanvarustajasomeone who owns a ship
French armateur, armatrice
  • armateursomeone who owns a ship
  • armatricesomeone who owns a ship
German Schiffseigner
  • Schiffseignersomeone who owns a ship
Greek εφοπλιστής
  • εφοπλιστής (efoplistís)someone who owns a ship
Italian armatore, armatrice
  • armatoresomeone who owns a ship
  • armatricesomeone who owns a ship
Japanese 船主
  • 船主someone who owns a ship
Norwegian Bokmål skipseier, reder
  • skipseiersomeone who owns a ship
  • redersomeone who owns a ship
  • skipsredersomeone who owns a ship
Polish armator
  • armatorsomeone who owns a ship
Portuguese armador
  • armadorsomeone who owns a ship
Romanian armator
  • armatorsomeone who owns a ship
Russian судовладе́лец
  • судовладе́лец (sudovladélec)someone who owns a ship
Spanish armador
  • armadorsomeone who owns a ship
Turkish armatör
  • armatörsomeone who owns a ship

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

shipowner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipowner

MLA

“shipowner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipowner. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shipowner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipowner.

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