Meaning of portmaster | Babel Free

Definitions

An official in charge of running a port.

Examples

“No one on the streets from dusk to dawn. Marcus had seen a fisherman at the piers shouting that the catch would be gone before he was on the water. The new Antean portmaster had him whipped in the street until there were bright tracks of raw meat along the chitined back.”

“A call came in from a red-faced man in uniform, the portmaster, who ranted about the tactic. “His Majesty requires you leave your ship!” figured in the list.”

“They’ll ask the portmasters if they’ve seen the rowing boat.”

“Tenebrae nodded and then surveyed the shipyards. A dumpy portmaster and his servant peeked their heads out of the door, eyes wide.”

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