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
"These events created an alarm extremely prejudicial to the commerce of Canton, and compelled the Company's supercargoes to fit out a small country ship to cruize for a short time against the pirates."
From Great Pirate Stories by Joseph Lewis French
On this deck were cabins for passengers and supercargoes, the doors painted with different devices.
From Under the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War by James Allan
On December 27th the Dragon and the Hoseander returned triumphantly to Surat, where a number of the company's factors and supercargoes were, as may be imagined, anxiously awaiting them.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Rossiter Johnson
English vessels usually have supercargoes; the Americans are seldom so provided.
From Journal of an African Cruiser by Nathaniel Hawthorne
