waterman
a person who manages or works on a boat; boatman.
a person skilled in rowing or boating.
Chesapeake Bay Area. a person with a general license to take any legal catch of fish and shellfish in Chesapeake Bay.
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How to use waterman in a sentence
Like many of the island’s residents, Eskridge is also a waterman, making a living through the Chesapeake Bay’s crabs, fish and oysters.
Karen’s husband, Eddie, spent his life as a commercial waterman and hunter who prowled the areas around Chesapeake Bay’s Deal Island and beyond looking for wild game.
Later it rapidly grew into one of the wealthiest agricultural areas in the country, as farmers and watermen discovered that they could not ship their goods fast enough to cities like Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia, and New York.
And Megan waterman was staying at the same hotel with her boyfriend when she vanished without a trace three months earlier.
The Serial Killer Victim's Secret Life | Christine Pelisek, Roja Heydarpour | April 24, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTwaterman, a native of Portland, Maine, advertised on Craigslist under the name Lexi.
The Serial Killer Sisterhood | Christine Pelisek, Roja Heydarpour | April 11, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
She went on Facebook and tracked down Megan waterman's family.
The Serial Killer Sisterhood | Christine Pelisek, Roja Heydarpour | April 11, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTwaterman was last seen with her boyfriend at a hotel in Hauppauge, New York.
The Serial Killer Sisterhood | Christine Pelisek, Roja Heydarpour | April 11, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTLondon picture dealer Offer waterman clinched deals for a total of six British contemporary paintings and a Modernist sculpture.
Old "Si waterman's Folly," as the rumored "mine" was called, seemed to be coming into sudden prominence.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondProbably, it is just a piece of 'Folly'; yet in other things Simon waterman had the reputation of being a sane, sensible man.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondShe complained that a canting waterman who was one of the brotherhood had held forth against her at a meeting.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayMartha waterman caught the recognition of it in Isabel's eyes, pointed at the empty seats of eld, and nodded gayly.
Country Neighbors | Alice BrownThe fellow pushed off, as he was commanded, but still could not help muttering, "This was entirely out of waterman's rules."
The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter Scott
British Dictionary definitions for waterman
/ (ˈwɔːtəmən) /
a skilled boatman
Derived forms of waterman
- watermanship, noun
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