Obs. Also 7 sopracargo. [ad. Sp. sobrecargo (f. sobre over + cargo CARGO), whence F. subrécargue, also † supercarge (Voltaire), Pg. sobrecarga.] = SUPERCARGO.

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1667.  Denham, Direct. Painter, I. xiii. 12. Though Clifford in the Character appear Of Supra-Cargo to our Fleet and their.

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1674.  J. Collins, Introd. Merchants-Acc., E 3. Journal of the Sopracargos Accounts.

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1719.  De Foe, Crusoe, I. (Globe), 198. What Business had I to … turn Supra Cargo to Guinea, to fetch Negroes?

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1813.  Milburn, Oriental Commerce, II. 533. The Company’s instructions to the supracargoes of their ships are very particular as to the mode of package and stowage.

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1824.  Encycl. Metrop. (1845), XVI. 589/1. The black [teas],… or boheas, [are brought] from Fŏ-kyen, called the Bohea country by the Supra-cargoes at Canton.

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1844.  H. H. Wilson, Brit. India, I. 321. The supracargoes … at last counselled acquiescence.

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