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Webster 1913 Edition

Wharfinger

Wharf′in-ger

,

Noun.

[For

wharfager

.]

A man who owns, or has the care of, a wharf.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wharfinger

WHARFINGER

,

Noun.

A man who has the care of a wharf, or the proprietor of a wharf.

Definition 2024

wharfinger

wharfinger

English

Noun

wharfinger ‎(plural wharfingers)

(chiefly historical) The owner or manager of a wharf.
- 1993, Samuel Beckett, Dream of Fair to Middling Women, ISBN 1559702176, page 7:
  “Get off my pier,” said the wharfinger rudely, “and let me get home to my tea.”