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bargemaster

bargemaster noun: the person in charge of transport on a barge or barges.

Noun

bargemaster (plural bargemasters)

  1. The person in charge of transport on a barge or barges.
    • In Tudor days, the royal bargemaster was a notable courtier, responsible for taking the king’s party to many places along the Thames.
    • Hitherto the river had given facilities to Kingston traders which their competitors elsewhere could not possess, but now the railway took the malt from distant towns to the London market at lower rates than the bargemasters.1958 July, J. Spencer Gilks, “Railway Development at Kingston-upon-Thames—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 449

Forms of bargemaster

pluralbargemasters
alternative formbarge master

Origin of bargemaster

From barge + master.

Questions about bargemaster

What does bargemaster mean?
Bargemaster means the person in charge of transport on a barge or barges.
What part of speech is bargemaster?
Bargemaster is a noun.
What is the plural of bargemaster?
The plural of bargemaster is bargemasters.

Words near bargemaster in the dictionary

  1. bargellos
  2. bargeload
  3. bargeloads
  4. bargeman
  5. Bargemann
  6. bargemaster
  7. bargemasters
  8. bargemen
  9. bargepole
  10. bargepoles
  11. barger

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