supercargo

supercargo

English

Noun

supercargo (plural supercargos or supercargoes)

1. (nautical) An officer on board a merchant ship who has charge of the cargo.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 58

     [...] and at night, when the boat sailed along easily before a light breeze, and the sailors were gathered on the upper deck, while the captain and the supercargo lolled in deck-chairs, smoking their pipes [...]

Translations

officer in charge of cargo on board

French: subrécargue (fr) m

Russian: суперка́рго (ru) m (superkárgo)