wharfinger

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noun

Plural noun:

wharfingers

1.
(historical)(nautical, chiefly historical) The manager or owner of a wharf (“artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore”).
Near-synonym: dockmaster
Đồng nghĩa: wharfmaster, dockmaster
2.
(England, broadly)(by extension, England, rail transport) The manager of a wharf along a railway line, that is, a place used for loading and unloading goods on to trains.

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wharfmasterdockmaster

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro wharfage From Late Middle English wharfager (keeper of a wharf) (modified in the same way as messenger from messager, passenger from passager, etc.), from wharfage (use of a wharf; payment for such use) + -er. Wharfage is probably derived from wharfāgium, or from Middle English wharf + -age. wharfage.