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bargemaster en · NOUN

Etymology

From barge + master.

Meanings

1. The person in charge of transport on a barge or barges.
   • 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 14, J. Spencer Gilks, “Railway Development at Kingston-upon-Thames—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 449:
   • In Tudor days, the royal bargemaster was a notable courtier, responsible for taking the king’s party to many places along the Thames.

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Relateds

bargee · bargeman