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ˈship-ˌowner
One who owns, or has a share in, a ship or ships.
1530Palsgr. 267/1 Schypowner, patron dune nauiere. 1817W. Selwyn Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 912 A ship⁓owner having chartered his ship to J.S. insured the ship and freight with different sets of underwriters. 1861M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 42 As soon as the French trade was again opened, it fell naturally into the hands of English ship⁓owners. 1872Yeats Growth Comm. 55 Ship-owners and merchants, who had their offices and factories along the whole coasts of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
Hence ˈshipˌownering vbl. n.; ˈship-ˌowning vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1883Manch. Exam. 19 Dec. 5/2 A practice of insuring with a view to wreck would not pay the shipowning community. 1889Stevenson Let. to S. Colvin Oct., The ship⁓ownering has rather petered out. 1912Times 19 Oct. 18/6 In shipowning it is quite impossible to stand still. |