supercargo
noun
a merchant-ship officer who is in charge of the cargo and the commercial concerns of the voyage.
supercargoes
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pluralof supercargo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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 Robert Louis Stevenson
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 Andrew Kippis
It had something quaintly "colonial" about it, suggesting supercargoes, and West India merchants of long ago.
From Pieces of Eight by Richard Le Gallienne
And I saw to it that my supercargoes did see to it.
From The Red One by Jack London
