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† supraˈcargo Obs.
Also 7 sopracargo.
[ad. Sp. sobrecargo (f. sobre over + cargo cargo), whence F. subrécargue, also † supercarge (Voltaire), Pg. sobrecarga.]
= supercargo.
1667Denham Direct. Painter i. xiii. 12 Though Clifford in the Character appear Of Supra-Cargo to our Fleet and their. 1674J. Collins Introd. Merchants-Acc. E 3, Journal of the Sopracargos Accounts. 1719De Foe Crusoe i. (Globe) 198 What Business had I to..turn Supra Cargo to Guinea, to fetch Negroes? 1813Milburn Oriental Commerce II. 533 The Company's instructions to the supracargoes of their ships are very particular as to the mode of package and stowage. 1824Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVI. 589/1 The black [teas],..or boheas, [are brought] from Fŏ-kyen, called the Bohea country by the Supra-cargoes at Canton. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India I. 321 The supracargoes..at last counselled acquiescence. |