Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The captain, master, or commander of a ship. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SHIPMASTER ship'-mas-ter. See SHIPS AND BOATS; PHOENIX.

Multi-Version Concordance Shipmaster (2 Occurrences) Revelation 18:17 For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.' Every shipmaster, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV) Jonah 1:6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won't perish." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY)