bargeman

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English barge English -man English bargeman From barge + -man.

1. 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.”

   “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.”

2. A barge owner, maintainer, or captain of a barge.
3. A large white grub that frequently infested ship's biscuits; most likely a larva of the cadelle beetle, Tenebroides mauritanicus.