DCHP-1 Online
shareman Esp. Nfld 
n. a man shipping as a fisherman or sealer for a share of the catch, providing his own provisions and receiving no wages.
See also: berth money
- 1820 (1956) . . . sharemen are frequently indigent planters who have fallen into debt with their merchant and who cannot afford to raise their own boats.
- 1964 . . . sharemen were . . . sometimes chargeable with a part of certain items usually the burden of the company planters, e.g., salt, motor boat, fuel, etc. . . .
- 1820 (1956) . . . sharemen are frequently indigent planters who have fallen into debt with their merchant and who cannot afford to raise their own boats.