Freighter
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In maritime law
The party by whom a vessel is engaged or chartered ; otherwise called the "charterer."
2 Steph. Comm. 148.
In French law, the owner of a vessel is called the "freighter," (freteur;) the merchant who hires it is called the "affreighter," (affreteur.) Emerig. Tv. des Ass. ch.
11, § 3.