supercargo
Etymology
From earlier supracargo, borrowed from Italian sopracargo, dialectal form of sopraccarrico, from sopra- + carrico.
noun
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An officer on board a merchant ship who has charge of the cargo and its turnover (or the senior of two if one has two, the other being the subcargo; usually historical, since nowadays a person with such a job would remain on shore).
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