bargeman meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

bargeman

noun

Etymology From barge + -man.

Nautical, Transport A member of the crew of a barge.

Though Hambleden's parish register records the death, in 1753, of a bargeman 'Kill'd by accident, shooting ye lock', the turbulent waters of Mill End weir on the River Thames, about a mile from the village, still attract canoeists.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, photo caption:
Laurie still has Sam's work log from 1919–1934, a fifty-page volume documenting Sam's day-to-day experiences and serves well to show the kind of working conditions an Ouse bargeman endured in the 1920s.2017, David Lewis, River Ouse Bargeman: A Lifetime on the Yorkshire Ouse, page 38:

Nautical, Transport A barge owner, maintainer, or captain of a barge.

Nautical, Transport Slang A large white grub that frequently infested ship's biscuits; most likely a larva of the cadelle beetle, Tenebroides mauritanicus.