raftsman

[ rafts-muhn, rahfts- ]

noun

, plural rafts·men.

1. a person who manages or is employed on a raft.

Word History and Origins

Origin of raftsman¹

First recorded in 1770–80; raft ¹ + 's ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

He was elected, not because he was a raftsman, but because the Democrats of that day outnumbered the Whigs.

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However, Antonio proved a most expert raftsman, being almost amphibious and smart as any eel.

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He had been a raftsman, and was reputed to be the most daring of those little-known watermen at flood-times and in the early thaw.

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Then he fired up, mad-like, and talked about the grey mare of hisn being able to pull a oar as good as any raftsman.

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Both of the men were inexperienced, one being a raftsman who came down the river, and the other a man from Vicksburg.

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