supercargo
IPA: supɝkˈɑrgoʊ
noun
- An officer on board a merchant ship who has charge of the cargo and its turnover (or the senior of two if one has two, the other being the subcargo; usually historical, since nowadays a person with such a job would remain on shore).
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Examples of "supercargo" in Sentences
- He journeyed aboard the ship as supercargo.
- In 1804 he was sent to Santo Domingo as supercargo for a ship.
- Sears became supercargo on a merchant ship on a trading venture to China.
- Also placed on board was a person by the name of alter Page as supercargo.