armator

Etymology

From French armateur.

armator means A shipowner. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.

noun

A shipowner.“If the ſaid deſerters can only be arreſted after the departure of the ſhip, they ſhall be condemned to eight days confinement, to return the advances, and to pay to the captain, or the armators, the damages ariſing from their deſertion, if there are any; and ſhall make a campaign of three months in the ſhips of his majeſty, at two-thirds of pay.”