Definition of Shipowner

1. Noun. Someone who owns a ship or a share in a ship.

Generic synonyms: Owner, Possessor

Definition of Shipowner

1. n. Owner of a ship or ships.

Definition of Shipowner

1. Noun. (nautical) Someone who owns a ship. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shipowner

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shipowner

shipless
shiplet
shiplets
shiplike
shipling
shipload
shiploads
shipman
shipmaster
shipmasters
shipmate
shipmates
shipmen
shipment
shipments
shipowner (current term)
shipowners
shippable
shippage
shippe
shipped
shippen
shippens
shipper
shipper weld
shippers
shippes
shipping
shipping agent
shipping articles

Literary usage of Shipowner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1860)
"The holder of the bill of lading denies the shipowner's right on the ... That under the bill of lading, which is the only contract, the shipowner is bound ..."

2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1860)
"The holder of the bill of lading denies the shipowner's right on the ... That under the bill of lading, which is the only contract, the shipowner i- bound ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The shipowner, in other words, is bound, with his servants, to use all reasonable care to prevent Loss by excepted perils and by any other cause. ..."

4. Digest of the Law of Evidence on the Trial of Actions at Nisi Prius by Maurice Powell, Henry Roscoe (1891)
"But where the shipowner has an opportunity of examining the goods, there is no warranty by their owner that they are fit to be carried. Acato» v. ..."

5. The Law Journal Reports: New Series (1883)
"It is contended that no claim for general average contribution сад in this case arise against the shipowner. The construction contended for by the ..."

6. Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana (1860)
"The holder of the bill of lading denies the shipowner's right on the ... That under the bill of lading, which is the only contract, the shipowner is bound ..."

7. The Contract of Affreightment as Expressed in Charter-parties and Bills of by Thomas Edward Scrutton (1893)
"I. The shipowner. I. Where freight is due from the charterer under a charter, or from the shipper, under a bill of lading where there is no charter, ..."

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