rummager en · NOUN
Etymology
From rummage + -er.
Meanings
- One who rummages.
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(obsolete) A worker in charge of stowing cargo on a ship.
The Master must prouide a perfect mariner called a Romager, to romege and bestow all marchandize in such place as is conuenient.
1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rummagers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| romager | alternative | lexicographic | |
| roomager | alternative | lexicographic |