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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The man who manages a barge, or one of the crew of a barge.

Noun.

The man who manages a barge.

bargeman ‎(plural bargemen)

A member of the crew of a barge.
A barge owner, maintainer, or captain of a barge.
(nautical, slang) A nickname for a large white maggot, that frequently infested ship's biscuits; most likely a larva of the cadelle beetle, Tenebroides mauritanicus.

member of the crew of a barge