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cargador|kɑːgəˈdɔə(r)| Pl. cargadores. [Sp.] In Spanish America: a porter (see also quot. 1892).
1811J. Black tr. Humboldt's Polit. Essay I. 39 The existence of these valleys prevents the inhabitants from travelling except on horseback, afoot, or carried on the shoulders of Indians, (called cargadores). 1844G. W. Kendall Santa Fé Exped. II. xix. 362 Cargadores, with their leather trousers rolled up. 1889K. Munroe Golden Days iv. 36 Nearly naked cargadores, or native porters [bent] beneath heavy burdens. 1892Dialect Notes I. 245 Cargador, the man in charge of the packs, in a pack train. 1904Conrad Nostromo viii. 81 A cargador would fly out head first and hands abroad. 1926D. H. Lawrence Plumed Serp. xvi. 245 The cargadores were busy at the charcoal boats, carrying out the rough sacks. 1958Alaska Sportsman Dec. 34/3 The ‘cargodore’ is Chinese, two of the packers are Tahitan natives and the cook..is Chinese. |