Etymology
Origin of bargeman
1400–50, earlier in Anglo-Latin, Anglo-French; Middle English; barge, man
Example Sentences
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Crossing the Seine I saw a string of barges being towed empty down the current, riding high, the bargemen at the sweeps as they came toward the bridge.
From Literature
He ran out of the room, rode a horse to the riverside, and ordered his bargemen to take him downriver to the Vulture.
From Literature
“Not much,” I admitted, thinking back to what the bargeman had said.
From Literature
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
A bargeman, poling away from the shore, found Chicken late that afternoon stuck in some rocks and weeds, his knickers ballooning about his legs.
From Literature
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