supercargo

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su·per·car·go

(so͞o′pər-kär′gō)

n. pl. su·per·car·goes or su·per·car·gos

An officer on a merchant ship who has charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase.

[Alteration (influenced by super-) of supracargo, alteration (influenced by supra-) of Spanish sobrecargo : sobre-, over (from Latin super-; see super-) + cargo, cargo; see cargo.]

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supercargo

(ˈsuːpəˌkɑːɡəʊ)

n, pl -goes

(Nautical Terms) an officer on a merchant ship who supervises commercial matters and is in charge of the cargo

[C17: changed from Spanish sobrecargo, from sobre over (from Latin super) + cargo cargo]

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su•per•car•go

(ˌsu pərˈkɑr goʊ, ˈsu pərˌkɑr-)

n., pl. -goes, -gos.

a merchant-ship officer who is in charge of the cargo and the commercial concerns of the voyage.

[1690–1700; < Sp sobrecargo, with sobre- over (< Latin super) Latinized; see cargo]

supercargo

Personnel that accompany cargo on board a ship for the purpose of accomplishing en route maintenance and security.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Noun

supercargo - an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase

ship's officer, officer - a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines"

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суперкарго

supercargo

[ˈsuːpəˌkɑːgəʊ] N → sobrecargo m

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I was supercargo. We sailed out of New York, ostensibly for the north-west coast, with sealed orders--"

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M'Kay should go in her as supercargo, taking with him Mr.

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Morrel," said Dantes, observing the owner's impatience, "here is your supercargo, M.

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I saw him, with my mind's eye, on the schooner on which he worked, wearing nothing but a pair of dungarees; and at 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.

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Then a time charter, Norfolk, Virginia, loading mysterious contraband coal and sailing for South Africa under orders of the mysterious German supercargo put on board by the charterers.

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He was his mother's supercargo, and his business was to comb all the Paumotus for the wealth of copra, shell, and pearls that they yielded up.

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A noo boarder and lodger, sir, and looking fit and taut as a fiddle; slep' like a supercargo, he did, right alongside of John--stem to stem we was, all night."

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For he was not to remain a sailor, or a supercargo, or whatever he was going to be.

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As there is no motive for concealment, I am permitted to use them, and accordingly send you a transcript, simply omitting technical details of seamanship and supercargo. It almost seems as though the captain had been seized with some kind of mania before he had got well into blue water, and that this had developed persistently throughout the voyage.

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"You're the hoight av impidence, an' I'm persuaded ye'll corrupt our supercargo in a week."

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My captains made faster runs than ever and earned bigger bonuses, as did my supercargoes, who saw to it that my schooners did not loaf and dawdle along the way.