Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a
      ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] --Tyndale.

   {Armed ship}, a private ship taken into the service of the
      government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a
      ship of war. [Eng.] --Brande & C.

   {General ship}. See under {General}.

   {Ship biscuit}, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard;
      -- called also {ship bread}. See {Hardtack}.

   {Ship boy}, a boy who serves in a ship. ``Seal up the ship
      boy's eyes.'' --Shak.

   {Ship breaker}, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for
      further use.

   {Ship broker}, a mercantile agent employed in buying and
      selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in
      transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port.
      

   {Ship canal}, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing
      vessels.

   {Ship carpenter}, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a
      shipwright.

   {Ship chandler}, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other,
      furniture of vessels.

   {Ship chandlery}, the commodities in which a ship chandler
      deals; also, the business of a ship chandler.

   {Ship fever} (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also
      {putrid, jail, or hospital fever}.

   {Ship joiner}, a joiner who works upon ships.

   {Ship letter}, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet.
      

   {Ship money} (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on
      the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of
      England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for
      the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to
      revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden,
      and was one of the causes which led to the death of
      Charles. It was finally abolished.

   {Ship of the line}. See under {Line}.

   {Ship pendulum}, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent
      of the rolling and pitching of a vessel.

   {Ship railway}.
      (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of
          which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for
          repairs.
      (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels
          overland between two water courses or harbors.

   {Ship's company}, the crew of a ship or other vessel.

   {Ship's days}, the days allowed a vessel for loading or
      unloading.

   {Ship's husband}. See under {Husband}.

   {Ship's papers} (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is
      required by law to be provided, and the production of
      which may be required on certain occasions. Among these
      papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter
      party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll,
      bill of health, etc. --Bouvier. --Kent.

   {To make ship}, to embark in a ship or other vessel.

Broker \Bro"ker\ (br[=o]"k[~e]r), n. [OE. brocour, from a word
   akin to broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, possess, digest, fr.
   AS. br[=u]can to use, enjoy; cf. Fries. broker, F.
   brocanteur. See {Brook}, v. t.]
   1. One who transacts business for another; an agent.

   2. (Law) An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts,
      as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a
      compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no
      possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the
      negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those
      who employ him, and not in his own. --Story.

   3. A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc.

   4. A dealer in secondhand goods. [Eng.]

   5. A pimp or procurer. [Obs.] --Shak.

   {Bill broker}, one who buys and sells notes and bills of
      exchange.

   {Curbstone broker} or {Street broker}, an operator in stocks
      (not a member of the Stock Exchange) who executes orders
      by running from office to office, or by transactions on
      the street. [U.S.]

   {Exchange broker}, one who buys and sells uncurrent money,
      and deals in exchanges relating to money.

   {Insurance broker}, one who is agent in procuring insurance
      on vessels, or against fire.

   {Pawn broker}. See {Pawnbroker}.

   {Real estate broker}, one who buys and sells lands, and
      negotiates loans, etc., upon mortgage.

   {Ship broker}, one who acts as agent in buying and selling
      ships, procuring freight, etc.

   {Stock broker}. See {Stockbroker}.

Source : WordNet®

ship broker
     n : an agent for the ship owner; obtains cargo and may arrange
         for its loading or discharge