Wiktionary
alt. (context British Canada nautical English) An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port. n. (context British Canada nautical English) An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "harbourmaster".
Captain Wooley, the harbourmaster, gives the time to Suva, firing a gun signal at twelve, noon, three times a week.
The Harbourmaster would wait until the morrow before rowing out to inspect the craft and ensure that the sailors were halefree of infections and the like.
In Airhaven even over-vigorous hair-brushing was a serious crime, and all new arrivals had to sign strict safety agreements and convince the harbourmaster that they were not likely to burst into flames.
The capitano di porto the harbourmaster issued each yacht an autorizzazione and recorded its stay.
No mention of earnest harbourmasters from Kyoto, no Japanese on the menu at all.
A secret, highly clandestine meeting, Marco let them in at the back door, a bunch of tight-lipped Japanese bankers pretending to be harbourmasters who don't speak Spanish but they do.
If there is but a single chink in the armour of Earth’s valiant harbourmasters he will find it.