supercargo noun. [su:pǝ'kɑ:gǝʊ, sju:-] Pl. -oes, *-os. L17.
[Alt. of SUPRACARGO after SUPER-.]
A representative of the ship's owner on board a merchant ship, responsible for overseeing the cargo and its sale. Formerly also, an agent who superintended a company's business abroad. Now chiefly Hist.

■ supercargoship noun the position or occupation of supercargo E19.

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