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supercargo
[ soo-per-kahr-goh, soo-per-kahr- ]
noun
- a merchant-ship officer who is in charge of the cargo and the commercial concerns of the voyage.
supercargo
/ ˌsuːpəˈkɑːɡəʊ /
noun
- an officer on a merchant ship who supervises commercial matters and is in charge of the cargo
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Example Sentences
This man would be the supercargo and the confidential envoy of the insurrecto junta in Los Angeles.
"A ship so named, with such a device, raided Chermosh more than a year ago," the priest-supercargo said.
He performed the voyage as supercargo of some Swedish ships trading there.
He had engaged in this voyage as supercargo of Captain Swan's ship.'
In one of them was the Malay, who asked the mate to come ashore, as the captain and the supercargo wished to see him.
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