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wharf⋅in⋅ger

  [hwawr-fin-jer, wawr-]
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–noun
a person who owns or has charge of a wharf.
Also called wharf⋅mas⋅ter  [hwawrf-mas-ter, -mah-ster, wawrf-] .

Origin:
1545–55; wharfage + -er 1 , with -n- as in passenger, messenger, etc.
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wharf·in·ger   (hwôr'fĭn-jər, wôr'-)   
n.  One who owns or manages a wharf.

[Alteration of wharfage + -er1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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wharfinger 
"operator or manager of a wharf," 1552, from wharfage (1466), from wharf (q.v.) + agent noun suffix -er + intrusive -n- as in messenger.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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