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supercargos

supercargos is the plural of supercargo.

Meaning of supercargo

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.

Questions about supercargos

What is supercargos the plural of?
Supercargos is the plural of supercargo.

Words near supercargos in the dictionary

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

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