Definition of wharfinger in English:

wharfinger

noun ˈwɔːfɪn(d)ʒəˈ(h)wɔrfəndʒər

An owner or keeper of a wharf.
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Example sentencesExamples
- Evidence of the place importance remains, with loading bays, a gauging dock, wharf buildings and the wharfinger's house still in existence.
- In the 1880 census they identified themselves as sailors, shipbuilders, ship carpenters, teamsters, wharfingers, inspectors of customs, spar makers, seamen, and sea captains.
- Pickford's and Chaplin & Home, who were the two big ‘wharfingers’ and railway carriers, worked as agents for a number of railways, especially until the mid-18 70s.
- The claimants were flour merchants, warehousemen and wharfingers, whose warehouse was destroyed by an accidental fire, together with goods in it of which they were bailees.
- Passing down the steep cobbled pathway, Carr's Lane, we emerge into Skeldergate, the haunt, as of old, of wharfingers and watermen, and we wistfully wonder in which house Robinson Crusoe, mariner, was born.

Origin

Middle English: from wharfage + -er¹.

Definition of wharfinger in US English:

wharfinger

nounˈ(h)wɔrfəndʒərˈ(h)wôrfənjər

An owner or keeper of a wharf.
码头老板；码头管理员
Example sentencesExamples
- Pickford's and Chaplin & Home, who were the two big ‘wharfingers’ and railway carriers, worked as agents for a number of railways, especially until the mid-18 70s.
- Evidence of the place importance remains, with loading bays, a gauging dock, wharf buildings and the wharfinger's house still in existence.
- The claimants were flour merchants, warehousemen and wharfingers, whose warehouse was destroyed by an accidental fire, together with goods in it of which they were bailees.
- In the 1880 census they identified themselves as sailors, shipbuilders, ship carpenters, teamsters, wharfingers, inspectors of customs, spar makers, seamen, and sea captains.
- Passing down the steep cobbled pathway, Carr's Lane, we emerge into Skeldergate, the haunt, as of old, of wharfingers and watermen, and we wistfully wonder in which house Robinson Crusoe, mariner, was born.

Origin

Middle English: from wharfage + -er.

单词	wharfinger
释义	Definition of wharfinger in English: wharfinger noun ˈwɔːfɪn(d)ʒəˈ(h)wɔrfəndʒər An owner or keeper of a wharf. 码头老板；码头管理员 Example sentencesExamples Evidence of the place importance remains, with loading bays, a gauging dock, wharf buildings and the wharfinger's house still in existence. In the 1880 census they identified themselves as sailors, shipbuilders, ship carpenters, teamsters, wharfingers, inspectors of customs, spar makers, seamen, and sea captains. Pickford's and Chaplin & Home, who were the two big ‘wharfingers’ and railway carriers, worked as agents for a number of railways, especially until the mid-18 70s. The claimants were flour merchants, warehousemen and wharfingers, whose warehouse was destroyed by an accidental fire, together with goods in it of which they were bailees. Passing down the steep cobbled pathway, Carr's Lane, we emerge into Skeldergate, the haunt, as of old, of wharfingers and watermen, and we wistfully wonder in which house Robinson Crusoe, mariner, was born. Origin Middle English: from wharfage + -er¹. Definition of wharfinger in US English: wharfinger nounˈ(h)wɔrfəndʒərˈ(h)wôrfənjər An owner or keeper of a wharf. 码头老板；码头管理员 Example sentencesExamples Pickford's and Chaplin & Home, who were the two big ‘wharfingers’ and railway carriers, worked as agents for a number of railways, especially until the mid-18 70s. Evidence of the place importance remains, with loading bays, a gauging dock, wharf buildings and the wharfinger's house still in existence. The claimants were flour merchants, warehousemen and wharfingers, whose warehouse was destroyed by an accidental fire, together with goods in it of which they were bailees. In the 1880 census they identified themselves as sailors, shipbuilders, ship carpenters, teamsters, wharfingers, inspectors of customs, spar makers, seamen, and sea captains. Passing down the steep cobbled pathway, Carr's Lane, we emerge into Skeldergate, the haunt, as of old, of wharfingers and watermen, and we wistfully wonder in which house Robinson Crusoe, mariner, was born. Origin Middle English: from wharfage + -er.
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