Wharfinger

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who owns or manages a wharf.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The owner or manager of a wharf.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A man who owns, or has the care of, a wharf.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A person who owns or who has charge of a wharf; one who makes a business of letting accommodation for vessels at his wharf.
  • Word Usage
    "By ten o'clock a nondescript youth arrived on foot, carrying a suit-case, which was turned over to me a few minutes later by the wharfinger."