supercargo

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Supercargo \Su`per*car"go\, n. [Super- + cargo: cf. Sp. sobrecargo. Cf. Surcharge.] An officer or person in a merchant ship, whose duty is to manage the sales, and superintend the commercial concerns, of the voyage. [1913 Webster]
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