- wharfmaster
- noun Date: 1618 wharfinger
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
wharfmaster
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wharfmaster — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : the manager of a wharf (as of a municipality) : wharfinger … Useful english dictionary
wharfinger — /hwawr fin jeuhr, wawr /, n. a person who owns or has charge of a wharf. Also called wharfmaster /hwawrf mas ter, mah steuhr, wawrf /. [1545 55; WHARFAGE + ER1, with n as in passenger, messenger, etc.] * * * … Universalium
