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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And they invoked their benison On boatsmen led by Denison, Neither the rapids nor the falls Along the Nile these braves appals.
From Poems of James McIntyre by James McIntyre
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 Davy Crockett
The boat being ready, all three seated themselves upon a pile of leaves in the stern, and the vigorous strokes of the boatsmen soon carried the frail bark a long way from the shore.
From Ticket No. "9672" by Laura E. Kendall
Arriving at Aspinwall, the point of debarkation, on the Atlantic side, boats and boatsmen were engaged to transport passengers and baggage up the "Chagress," a small and shallow river.
From Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century by Booker T. Washington
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 Robert Hardley
