hoymann.
/ˈhɔɪmən/ A man in charge of a hoy; the master of a hoy.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > captain or master > of specific type of vessel
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patron?a1425
trowman1429
balinger-master1463
Master of the Barge1480
wafter1482
bargemaster1648
trierarch1656
hoyman1666
collier-master1723
country captain1769
slave-captain1808
grocery-captain1816
hide-drogher1841
pentecontarch1851
collier-man1881
1666 S. Pepys Diary 13 June (1972) VII. 166 A Hoymans daughter.
1781 W. Jones Ess. Bailments in Wks. (1799) VI. 669 It soon became necessary for the Courts to declare, as they did in the reign of James I, that a common hoyman, like a common waggoner, is responsible for goods committed to his custody.
1885 Law Times 80 128/2 The defendant was simply a hoyman, unprotected by bill of lading or charter-party.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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