shipbuilder

[ ship-bil-der ]

/ ˈʃɪpˌbɪl dər /

a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.

a commercial firm for building ships.

Origin of shipbuilder

First recorded in 1690–1700; ship¹ + builder

ship·build·ing, noun

They disparage his trip to a Navy shipbuilder as a “road show.”

Behind John Boehner’s Bluster as He Shifts Blame for the Sequester |Eleanor Clift |February 27, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The shipbuilder requires a model for the construction of a beautiful racing yacht.

Short Studies in Ethics |John Ormsby Miller
But with all his wisdom the shipbuilder was only a poor bird, and what business has a sparrow in a crane's nest?

Stories from Hans Andersen |Hans Christian Andersen
The shipbuilder entered his offices, and was gone for about a quarter of an hour.

The Lost Ambassador |E. Phillips Oppenheim

Let us note how this rule enters into the tasks of the shipbuilder.

Inventors at Work |George Iles
Their places were taken by photographs and a great blue print of the shipbuilder's plans and specifications of the Freja.

A Man's Woman |Frank Norris

shipbuilder

/ (ˈʃɪpˌbɪldə) /

a person or business engaged in the building of ships

shipbuilding, noun