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What is a wharfinger?

What is a wharfinger? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (chiefly historical) The owner or manager of a wharf.
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She met my grandfather, Joseph Gunn, who was a wharfinger in North Shields, and they married, having one daughter and four sons, including my father Harold.
We have a residence in the harbour now, which the municipality helped us get, and it's occupied 24-7 by our wharfinger.
He turned to the wharfinger, who was pulling leisurely at his pipe.
The dock warrant was issued by the wharfinger as certificate that he held the goods.
Kevin Bateman, the wharfinger, had spotted us as we were approaching and already knows who we are, having been handed our reservations by the ship's purser a few minutes earlier.
In furtherance to my idea, I applied to the late Mr Robson, Wharfinger, Newcastle, for leave to try an experiment with one of his leaden vessels, which was granted.

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