boatman
Americannoun
plural
boatmen-
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
Etymology
Origin of boatman
Example Sentences
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"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
Whenever he dropped a toy in the Nile, he said, a passing boatman would rescue it.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2022
Ford then noticed a small tender with a furiously waving boatman, who shouted that the plane had landed in a minefield.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2021
And in June, a boatman in Uttar Pradesh state was praised after he rescued a baby girl found floating in a wooden box in the Ganges river.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2021
“Months. She keeps raving about water spirits and a dead boatman and a baboon she thinks was human.”
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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