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supercargo

Syllables: su·per·car·go/ˈsuːpəˌkɑːɡəʊ//ˈsupəɹˌkɑɹɡoʊ/

supercargo noun: an officer on board a merchant ship who is in charge of the cargo and its sale; if there are two such officers, the senior one, the other being the subcargo.

Noun

supercargo (plural supercargos or supercargoes)

  1. (historical) An officer on board a merchant ship who is in charge of the cargo and its sale; if there are two such officers, the senior one, the other being the subcargo.
    • [A]t night, when the boat sailed along easily before a light breeze, and the sailors were gathered on the upper deck, while the captain and the supercargo lolled in deck-chairs, smoking their pipes, I saw him dance with another lad, dance wildly, to the wheezy music of the concertina.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter LVIII, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC, page 314
  2. (obsolete) An agent or representative of a company in charge of its overseas business.
  3. (figuratively) Any overseer or superintendent; also, an agent or representative; or an intermediary; a go-between, a middleman.

supercargo meaning in Hindi

supercargo in Hindi

a supercargo; a seaman
नाख़ुदा nāxudā

Forms of supercargo

pluralsupercargos
pluralsupercargoes

Origin of supercargo

From super- (prefix meaning ‘above; superior in position or title’) + earlier supracargo.

Words formed from supercargo

Questions about supercargo

What does supercargo mean?
Supercargo means an officer on board a merchant ship who is in charge of the cargo and its sale; if there are two such officers, the senior one, the other being the subcargo.
What is supercargo in Hindi?
Supercargo in Hindi is नाख़ुदा (nāxudā). See Supercargo meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is supercargo?
Supercargo is a noun.
How do you pronounce supercargo?
Supercargo is pronounced /ˈsuːpəˌkɑːɡəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of supercargo?
The plural of supercargo is supercargos.

Words near supercargo in the dictionary

  1. supercarbonates
  2. supercarbureted
  3. supercarburetted
  4. supercardioid
  5. supercardioids
  6. supercargo
  7. supercargoes
  8. supercargos
  9. supercargoship
  10. supercarpal
  11. supercarrier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: supercargo (page history and authors); नाख़ुदा (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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