A person who works on or operates a barge, especially on inland waterways like canals and rivers.
From 'barge' (from Old French 'barge,' possibly from Latin 'barca' meaning 'boat') plus '-ee' (French suffix indicating an agent or person involved). British term, particularly common in canal terminology.
Bargees represent an entire working culture on British canals that still partly exists today—narrow boat communities with their own traditions, dialects, and decoration styles, making bargee a window into a historically important but now somewhat romantic way of life.
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