lighterman

n. person who operates a barge; person who works on a lighter (flat-bottomed boat)

Lightermen were workers who transferred goods between ships and quays, aboard flat-bottomed barges called lighters. They were one of the most characteristic groups of workers in London's docks during the heyday of the Port of London, but their trade was eventually rendered largely obsolete by changes in shipping technology. They were closely associated with the watermen, who carried passengers, and had their own company called The Company of Watermen and Lightermen. This is not, strictly speaking a livery company but a "City Company Without Grant of Livery", formed in 1555 by Act of Parliament. The Guild continues to licence watermen and lightermen working on the River Thames. Watermans' Hall is located at 16 St Mary At Hill, in Billingsgate, it dates to 1780 and is the only surviving Georgian guild hall.
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Noun
1. someone who operates a barge
(synonym) bargeman, bargee
(hypernym) mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog

(n.)
A person employed on, or who manages, a lighter.
  

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