Etymology
Origin of bargeman
1400–50, earlier in Anglo-Latin, Anglo-French; Middle English; barge, man
Example Sentences
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A Swedish woman with a secret finds her bargeman father, barfly Marthy and a seaman who falls for her.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2019
But Dan was not born to be a bargeman.
From Time Magazine Archive
The author of Cover the Waterfront, an expert on the simple life, discovers a bargeman who combines philosophizing with fishing.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 "Sula" by Toni Morrison
“Not much,” I admitted, thinking back to what the bargeman had said.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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