shipwright
Meanings
noun
- A person who designs, builds and repairs ships, especially wooden ones.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Middle English shipwright, shippwright, schipwricht, ship-wriȝth, from Old English sċipwyrhta, equivalent to ship + wright (“builder”).
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