单词 | supercargo |
释义 | supercargo/suːpəˈkɑːɡəʊ![]() noun (plural supercargoes or supercargos) A representative of the ship’s owner on board a merchant ship, responsible for overseeing the cargo and its sale.This was applied in the normal way to the foreign community, whose chiefs - supercargoes and ships' captains - could thus be held responsible for crimes committed by those under their authority....
OriginLate 17th century: alteration of earlier supracargo, from Spanish sobrecargo, from sobre 'over' + cargo 'cargo'. |
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