supercargoes
- plural of supercargo.
Example Sentences
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Various supercargoes were discharged and she left, the evening after arriving, for Oslo.
From Time Magazine Archive
In estimating the expense of maintenance quite a fleet of ships must be remembered, and a strong staff of captains, supercargoes, overseers, and clerks.
From A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa by Stevenson, Robert Louis
These poor people now found themselves in a sad plight, but the Liverpool supercargoes in the river gave them quarters in their different sailing vessels and hulks.
From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta
That is not all: Lascars, stevedores, supercargoes, the hong merchants, agents, are all busy breaking bulk.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 by Various
Captain King was sent up to Canton to expedite the supplies that were wanted, and experienced every possible assistance from the supercargoes and gentlemen of the Company's factory there.
From Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Kippis, Andrew
