cargason

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noun

A cargo; a load of goods transported.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nouncargason (plural cargasons)

plural cargasons

  1. obsoleteA cargo; a load of goods transported.
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    Diſcretion is the ballaſt of our Ship, that carries us ſteady; but Zeal is the very Fraight, the Cargaſon, the Merchandiſe it ſelf, vvhich enriches us in the land of the living; and this vvas our caſe, vve vvere all come to eſteem our Ballaſt more then our Fraight, our Diſcretion more then our Zeal; we had more care to pleaſe great men then God; more conſideration of an imaginary change of times, then of unchangeable eternity it ſelf.

    1625 January 24 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), John Donne, “A Sermon Preached at St. Dunstans January 15. 1625. The First Sermon after Our Dispersion, by the Sickness.”, in XXVI. Sermons (Never before Publish’d) Preached by that Learned and Reverend Divine John Donne, […] The Third Volume, London: […] Thomas Newcomb, […], published 1661, →OCLC, page 295

Origin

  1. Latincargare“to load”
  2. Spanishcargazón
  3. Frenchcargaison
  4. Englishcargason

From French cargaison, Spanish cargazón, from Latin cargare (“to load”). See cargo.

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cargason. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cargason

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cargason,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cargason.

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