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What (who) is harbourmaster - definition
OFFICIAL
Harbour master; Harbormaster; Harbor master; Harbour Master; Port Director
![Harbormaster's shanty, Hingham harbor, [[Hingham, Massachusetts]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HarborMasterHingham.jpg?width=200 "Harbormaster's shanty, Hingham harbor, [[Hingham, Massachusetts]].")
harbourmaster
also harbour master
(harbourmasters)
Note: in AM, use 'harbormaster' or 'harbor master'
A harbourmaster is the official in charge of a harbour.
N-COUNT
harbour master
(US harbormaster)
¦ noun an official in charge of a harbour.
harbour master
see harbourmaster
Wikipedia
Harbourmaster
A harbourmaster (or harbormaster, see spelling differences) is an official responsible for enforcing the regulations of a particular harbour or port, in order to ensure the safety of navigation, the security of the harbour and the correct operation of the port facilities.
Examples of use of harbourmaster
1. "I don‘t think it would‘ve been a selfish act, but a completely desperate one." Keith Badsey, harbourmaster at Sharpness Docks, said the incident halted all activity there.
2. Damiano Guerrini, harbourmaster at Porto Imperia on the Italian Riveria, said: "It is mostly the elderly who are responsible and it is all nations who are involved.
3. His father, deputy harbourmaster at Padstow, said that he believed that his son had also taken acid on a trip to London with friends.
4. Matt Hodson, Foweys deputy harbourmaster, said the maroons served another purpose besides scrambling the crew: The sound of the maroons going off is important in alerting leisure boats in the busy harbour that the lifeboat is about to be launched.
5. "It comes to something when we have to celebrate the opening of a toilet, but this means a lot to us," declared a relieved Rachael Webb, secretary of T&G branch 1/888 (Sussex truck drivers), after the Folkestone harbourmaster gave in to mounting pressure and announced the opening of a ladies‘ loo in the port‘s HGV parking area.