supercargo

From earlier supracargo, borrowed from Italian sopracargo, dialectal form of sopraccarrico, from sopra- +‎ carrico.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsuːpəˌkɑːɡəʊ/, (now rare) /ˈsjuːpə-/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsupɚˌkɑɡoʊ/

supercargo (plural supercargos or supercargoes)

1. 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).
   • 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 58”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:

     [...] 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 [...]

supercargo

1. first-person singular present indicative of supercargar