Etymology
Origin of bargeman
1400–50, earlier in Anglo-Latin, Anglo-French; Middle English; barge, man
Example Sentences
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Led by parading soldiers, the Queen arrives in a gilded carriage drawn by four Windsor Greys and guarded by coachmen who are still called bargemen because the monarch used to come by river.
From New York Times
Less today, perhaps, than 150 years ago, when fully a fifth of the male population were working bargemen.
From The Guardian
As it is to him that all the more remarkable stories of western river adventure are attributed, his history will form the only example here given to illustrate the character of the western bargemen.
From Project Gutenberg
Capture of a Sword Fish.—A specimen of the sword fish was captured, a week or two ago, in Long Reach, Milton Creek, Sittingbourne, by a bargeman.
From Project Gutenberg
One of these dogs was a Schipperke, the breed kept by the bargemen of Belgium to guard their goods and chattels.
From Project Gutenberg
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