"portmaster" meaning in All languages combined

See portmaster on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: portmasters [plural]
Etymology: From port + master. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|port|master}} port + master Head templates: {{en-noun}} portmaster (plural portmasters)
  1. An official in charge of running a port.
    Sense id: en-portmaster-en-noun-BrvbAZUQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2017, John Hornor Jacobs, Infernal Machines, London: Gollancz, →ISBN, page 80:",
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