harbor master

American  

noun

1. an official who supervises operations in a harbor area and administers its rules.

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Etymology

Origin of harbor master

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

The visitor dock has room to host another boat, said city harbor master Scott Wilkins.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2022

Timothy Cox, the Fair Haven harbor master, spent Wednesday afternoon retrieving boats that had broken from their moorings and come to rest on land.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2021

A search of the waters near Guernsey, which lies west of the Cotentin Peninsula, was called off after three days, with harbor master David Barker calling the chances of finding survivors “extremely remote.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2019

Crews with the Ventura Harbor Patrol searched by water and land Sunday morning and found no sign of the 35-foot-long whale, said harbor master John Higgins.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2017

The man over at the ferry slip says I ought to tell the police and the harbor master at once and telephone up to Norwich and to New Haven and Stonington.

From Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water by Barbour, Ralph Henry