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Definition of Bargeman
1. Noun. Someone who operates a barge.
Generic synonyms: Gob, Jack, Jack-tar, Mariner, Old Salt, Sea Dog, Seafarer, Seaman, Tar
Derivative terms: Barge
Definition of Bargeman
1. n. The man who manages a barge, or one of the crew of a barge.
Definition of Bargeman
1. Noun. A member of the crew of a barge. ¹
2. Noun. A barge owner, maintainer, or captain of a barge. ¹
3. Noun. (context: nautical slang) A nickname for a large white maggot, that frequently infested ship's biscuits; most likely a larva of the cadelle beetle, ''Tenebroides mauritanicus''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bargeman
1. the master or a crew member of a barge [n BARGEMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bargeman
Literary usage of Bargeman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Northern Summer: Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden by John Carr (1805)
"TO HIS* bargeman AN ELEGANT AND GRATEFUL COMPLIMENT—RUSSIAN MUSIC—ITS EFFECT UPON
ITALIAN EARS AND COWS—FOREST ON FIRE. ..."
2. A Northern Summer; Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden by John Carr (1805)
"... AND GENEROSITY OF GUSTAVUS III, TO HIS bargeman AN ELEGANT AND GRATEFUL
COMPLIMENT RUSSIAN MUSIC—ITS EFFECT UPON ITALIAN EARS AMD COWS—FOREST ON FIRE. ..."
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