oarsman

American  

[awrz-muhn, ohrz-] / ˈɔrz mən, ˈoʊrz- /

noun

plural

oarsmen

1. a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.

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oarsman British  

/ ˈɔːzmən /

noun

1. a man who rows, esp one who rows in a racing boat

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Other Word Forms

• oarsmanship
  noun

Etymology

Origin of oarsman

First recorded in 1695–1705; oar + 's ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

What makes former Harvard Oarsman Tiff Wood keep training into his 30s?

From Time Magazine Archive

"They really aren't that good," insisted Bulldog Oarsman Dave Hathaway, before last week's annual Harvard-Yale race on Connecticut's Thames River.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the President saw the message he sent Sub-Secretary Early to the War Department, arranged that Yale Oarsman Livingston should be allowed furlough from camp in order to row.

From Time Magazine Archive

The motion of the feet in the omnicycle, and of the hands and body in the Oarsman, is therefore uniform.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various

We published a fortnight ago a letter of complaint on this subject from a correspondent who signed himself ‘Senior Oarsman.’

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.