bargeman

noun

Etymology

From barge + -man.

  1. derived from br
  2. derived from ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ
  3. derived from βᾶρις
  4. derived from bāris
  5. derived from barca
  6. derived from barge
  7. inherited from barge
  8. suffixed as bargeman — “barge + man

Definitions

  1. A member of the crew of a barge.

    • Though Hambleden's parish register records the death, in 1753, of a bargeman 'Kill'd by accident, shooting ye lock', the turbulent waters of Mill End weir on the River Thames, about a mile from the village, still attract canoeists.
    • 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. A large white grub that frequently infested ship's biscuits

    A large white grub that frequently infested ship's biscuits; most likely a larva of the cadelle beetle, Tenebroides mauritanicus.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA