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wharfinger

wharf·ing·er

wharfinger · wharfingers

The manager or owner of a wharfThe manager or owner of a wharf (“artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore”).

UK/ˈwɔːfɪnd͡ʒə/US/ˈwɔɹfɪnd͡ʒəɹ/

Значення

значень: 2

(історичне)The manager or owner of a wharf (“artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore”).
Near-synonym: dockmaster
(England, ширше)The manager of a wharf along a railway line, that is, a place used for loading and unloading goods on to trains.

Походження

From Late Middle English wharfager (“keeper of a wharf”) (modified in the same way as mess

From Late Middle English wharfager (“keeper of a wharf”) (modified in the same way as messenger from Middle English messager, passenger from Middle English passager, etc.), from wharfage (“use of a wharf; payment for such use”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns, especially names of persons engaged in professions or trades). Wharfage is probably derived from Medieval Latin wharfāgium, or from Middle English wharf (“structure projecting into a body of water for ships to moor and load or unload, pier, quay, wharf”) + -age (suffix forming nouns denoting actions, states, etc.). By surface analysis, wharfage + -er.

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