bargeman

[ bahrj-muhn ]

/ ˈbɑrdʒ mən /

one of the crew of a barge.

a person who owns, manages, or captains a barge.

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Also called, especially British, bar·gee

[bahr-jee]. /bɑrˈdʒi/.

1400–50, earlier in Anglo-Latin, Anglo-French; Middle English; see barge, man

And now gradually came the wonder that he stood up, completely clothed, another man, and not the Bargeman.
Our Mutual Friend|Charles Dickens
He beckoned the bargeman aside, and in a few broken, gasping sentences told him the main facts of the children's story.
Two Little Travellers|Frances Browne Arthur
If, in so doing, he took another glance at the bargeman, he did it by stealth.
Our Mutual Friend|Charles Dickens
As soon as the mist began to clear, the bargeman hid me in the straw.
Villa Rubein and Other Stories|John Galsworthy

Not ezackly as you counts things, answered the bargeman, looking at the fire; but in the way as we does.
Cradock Nowell, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Richard Doddridge Blackmore