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offshoreman

American

[awf-shawr-muhn, -shohr-, of-] / ˈɔfˈʃɔr mən, -ˈʃoʊr-, ˈɒf- /

noun

a person who works offshore, especially on an offshore oil rig.

Gender

See -man.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

offshoremen

plural

Etymology

Origin of offshoreman

offshore + -man

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