bargeman

English

Etymology

From barge +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bargeman (plural bargemen) (nautical)

1. A member of the crew of a barge.

   Synonyms: bargee, (obsolete) pug

   • 2017, David Lewis, River Ouse Bargeman: A Lifetime on the Yorkshire Ouse, page 38:

     Laurie still has Sam's work log from 1919–1934, a fifty-page volume documenting Sam's day-to-day experiences and serves well to show the kind of working conditions an Ouse bargeman endured in the 1920s.

2. A barge owner, maintainer, or captain of a barge.
3. (slang) A large white grub that frequently infested ship's biscuits; most likely a larva of the cadelle beetle, Tenebroides mauritanicus.

Translations

member of the crew of a barge

• Finnish: proomumies
• Hebrew: אַרְבַּאי (he) m (arbay)
• Italian: barcaiolo (it) m

References

• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bargeman
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110716094532/http://www.history.uk.com/history/joining-nelsons-navy-roy-lesley-adk/

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