Wharfinger definition

wôrfĭn-jər, hwôr-
One who owns or manages a wharf.
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A person who owns or manages a wharf.
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(chiefly historical) The owner or manager of a wharf.
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Noun

Singular:
wharfinger
Plural:
wharfingers

Origin of wharfinger

  • Alteration of wharfage –er

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From wharfage + -er.

    From Wiktionary

Wharfinger Sentence Examples

  • 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.

  • The first wharfinger employed in 1835 on The Cromford & High Peak Railroad on it being opened.

  • These include a small warehouse and the wharfinger 's cottage and office.

  • The first Wharfinger employed in 1835 on The Cromford & High Peak Railroad on it being opened.

  • Wharfinger states that in chlorosis the specific action of iron is only obtained by administering those inorganic preparations which give a reaction with the ordinary reagents; the iron ions in a state of dissociation act as a catalytic agent, destroying the hypothetical toxin which is the cause of chlorosis.

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