supercargo
su·per·car·go
noun\ˌsü-pər-ˈkär-(ˌ)gō, ˈsü-pər-ˌ\
Definition of SUPERCARGO
: an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the commercial concerns of the voyage
Origin of SUPERCARGO
Spanish sobrecargo, from sobre- over (from Latin super-) + cargo cargo
First Known Use: 1697
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