Supercargo

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounAn 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).

Synonyms

mate shipmaster captain sea captain coxswain first officer owner commodore chief mate boatswain landwaiter carpenter

Rhymes With

super cargo

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