boatbuilder

American  

[boht-bil-der] / ˈboʊtˌbɪl dər /

noun

1. a person who builds boats.

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Etymology

Origin of boatbuilder

First recorded in 1670–80; boat + builder

Example Sentences

As the granddaughter of a boatbuilder and daughter of a fisherman, Brooke grew up very familiar with the water.

From BBC • May 12, 2025

This was thanks, in part, to the brilliance and expertise of the boatbuilder George Yeoman Pocock, who built his elegant rowing shells in an old Navy hangar.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2023

I donated film books from my filmmaker and actress girlfriend of almost four years, and the nautical books from my boatbuilder boyfriend who lived in a lighthouse on Long Island.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2021

Christened the Meyers Manx, the vehicle was the invention of Bruce Meyers, a surfer and boatbuilder who melded old Volkswagen Beetle parts with a fiberglass body.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2021

My dad used to say a good boatbuilder was partway an artist and partway a scientist, and it was the science part of Mr. Woodwell that was going to help me raise our boat.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick