Definition for Bargeman (bargemen)

bargeman (bargemen), n. [OFr < L.; see bark, n1 .]

Sailor; mariner; boatswain; rower on an elegant ship of state; crew member for a flat-bottomed vessel that unloads other boats; [fig.] mortal being; traveler going from this life to the next life.

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