ναύκληρος

Ancient Greek

noun
Definitions
  • shipowner and merchant
  • skipper, sailing-master
  • (in general) captain, commander
  • (at Athens) one who rented and sublet tenement houses

Etymology

Compound from Ancient Greek ναῦς (ship, boat, a boat) + Ancient Greek κλῆρος (a lot, clergy, lot, a casting lots, piece of wood for casting lots, what is alloted, drawing lots).

Origin

Ancient Greek

κλῆρος

Gloss

a lot, clergy, lot, a casting lots, piece of wood for casting lots, what is alloted, drawing lots

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