lifeboatman
noun
a sailor qualified to take charge of a lifeboat or life raft.
lifeboatmen
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pluralof lifeboatman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Our eight extremely brave, & selfless @RNLI lifeboatmen, all sons of Mousehole, who made the ultimate sacrifice on 19 December 1981.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2021
The lifeboatmen made multiple attempts to pull alongside the vessel before being overwhelmed by the conditions.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2021
It was chosen as a memorial to the Caister Lifeboat disaster of 1901 in which nine lifeboatmen died.
From BBC ● May 18, 2018
After a few minutes he insisted on again searching the sands for his lost crew, and the coxswain and others of the lifeboatmen went with him.
From Heroes of the Goodwin Sands by Thomas Stanley Treanor
To them, the lifeboatmen and coxswains of Deal, Walmer, and Kingsdown, friends and comrades, I dedicate these true histories of splendid rescues wrought by them, the 'Heroes of the Goodwin Sands.'
From Heroes of the Goodwin Sands by Thomas Stanley Treanor
