boatsman
noun
boatsmen
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pluralof boatsman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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If the stream be excessively rapid, the boatsmen will appear to be exercising very great force to enable them to stem the torrent and avoid being carried backward.
From A Project for Flying In Earnest at Last! by Hardley, Robert
And so I got the boatsmen all to go out with me to where I was going to settle, and we slap'd up a cabin in little or no time.
From A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee. by Crockett, Davy
Against the blinding glimmer of it the half-naked boatsmen, bearing bunches of bananas, dozens of drinking nuts, bread, and wine, the gifts of my host, were dark silhouettes outlined against the blue sea.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick
The boatsmen thanked him, and Zackey was ordered off to fetch a jug of water; but his father’s voice arrested him before he had gone a hundred yards.
From Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
“They do say that the boatsmen are informed about the toobs,” observed Maggot.
From Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
