"bargee" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bargee.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bargees [plural]
Etymology: From barge + -ee. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|barge|-ee<id:object of action>|text=+|tree=1}} From barge + -ee., {{ety|en|:af|barge|-ee<id:object of action>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Egyptian bꜣjr Demotic Egyptian br Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare)der. Ancient Greek βᾶρῐς (bârĭs)der. Latin bāris Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Vulgar Latin -icusder. Vulgar Latin -ica Vulgar Latin *bārica Late Latin barca Vulgar Latin *barga Old French bargebor. Middle English barge English barge English -ee English bargee From barge + -ee. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bargee (plural bargees)
  1. A crewman of a working barge.
    Sense id: en-bargee-en-noun-7x5v-hTS Categories (other): Nautical Disambiguation of Nautical: 49 51
  2. A vulgar person, prone to bad language.
    Sense id: en-bargee-en-noun-0NxdQcTD Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ee (object of action), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Nautical, Occupations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ee (object of action): 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 7 93 Disambiguation of Nautical: 49 51 Disambiguation of Occupations: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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