Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Supercargo"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Supercargo \Su`per*car"go\, n. [Super- + cargo: cf. Sp.
sobrecargo. Cf. {Surcharge}.]
An officer or person in a merchant ship, whose duty is to
manage the sales, and superintend the commercial concerns, of
the voyage.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
supercargo
n : an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its
sale and purchase
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