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shipwright

shipw·right

UK/ˈʃɪpɹaɪt/ US/ˈʃɪˌpraɪt/ uncommon

noun

1.

a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels

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Origin

From Middle English shipwright, shippwright, schipwricht, ship-wriȝth, from Old English sċipwyrhta, equivalent to ship + wright (“builder”).

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