bargeman
English
noun
Definitions
- A member of the crew of a barge.
- A barge owner, maintainer, or captain of a barge.
- (nautical) A large white maggot that frequently infested ship's biscuits; most likely a larva of the cadelle beetle, Tenebroides mauritanicus.
Etymology
Suffix from English barge.
Origin
English
barge
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- barge English
- bargee English
- bargeful English
- bargelike English
- bargemaster English
- barger English
- bargewoman English
- hoverbarge English
- barge Middle English
- báirse Irish