[1730–40; dock1 + master]This word is first recorded in the period 1730–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bronze, malaria, modernism, secret service, thesaurus
Examples of 'dockmaster' in a sentence
dockmaster
The name of the yacht was not known, only that a marina dockmaster suspected smuggling and, for his trouble, had been brutalized.