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wharfinger

[ hwawr-fin-jer, wawr- ]

noun

  1. a person who owns or has charge of a wharf.


wharfinger

/ ˈ·Éɔ˴Úɪ²Ô»åÏôÉ™ /

noun

  1. an owner or manager of a wharf
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wharfinger1

1545–55; wharfage + -er 1, with -n- as in passenger, messenger, etc.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wharfinger1

C16: probably alteration of wharfager (see wharfage , -er 1); compare harbinger
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Example Sentences

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Nothing further was said about the affair, though both of them devoted more than a little anxious thought to it, until one morning they were summoned before the head wharfinger.

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Close to the latter stand the new supreme court, the old age and accident state insurance offices, the chief custom house, and the concert hall, founded by Karl Laeisz, a former Hamburg wharfinger.

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The wharfinger would have put the matter aside in a dignified manner, but Kasper Johannesen merely told him to "go to H--l."

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His father held a good position, being a wharfinger and shipowner; he died, however, when his son was a child, without making provision for his wife, who had to pass some years in pinching poverty.

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Up to 1803 the Anglican congregation had assembled for Divine Worship in the Parliament Building; and prior to the appointment of the Rev. Mr. Stuart, or in his absence, a layman, Mr. Cooper, afterwards the well-known wharfinger, used to read the service.

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