boatman
Americannoun
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boatmen
plural
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a person skilled in the use of small craft.
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a person who sells, rents, or works on boats.
noun
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a man who works on, hires out, repairs, or operates a boat or boats
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short for water boatman
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Origin of boatman
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The Bumps is closer to cheese-rolling than rowing, the Peterhouse boatman explained in a pep talk to the squad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
"I'm an old boatman, I have experienced another four floods in the village. This was the worst," he told media.
From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2023
Levin Dukes, a boatman, built the house and was its first occupant.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
Our boatman, a member of the local Intha ethnic group, tells us we are the first foreign customers he has had for more than three years.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2023
And there was no place to hide—no place across any river for a boatman to take us.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
Certainly the good Samaritans must have known the two boatmen were not going to be put on trial, owing to lack of evidence.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
The famous Dal Lake, as seen in the picture above, and other water bodies in Kashmir have partially frozen, making it hard for boatmen to ferry passengers and tourists.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2024
I was captivated, though, by the more realist paintings of François Bocion, who frequently painted working boatmen along Lake Geneva in the 19th century.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
Just before the accident, onlookers from the river bank were shouting at the boatmen to navigate carefully.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
The men who commanded them were the bravest and most reckless boatmen in the Navy.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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