oysterman

[oi-ster-muhn]

noun

plural

oystermen 

1. a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.

2. a boat specially equipped for gathering oysters.

oysterman

/ ˈɔɪstəmən /

noun

1. a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters

2. a boat used in gathering oysters

Word History and Origins

Origin of oysterman¹

First recorded in 1545–55; oyster + -man

Example Sentences

This week’s entrant into the race is named Graham Platner, an honest-to-God macho oysterman who launched with a well-produced two-minute video about making government work for working people rather than billionaires and “the oligarchy.”

From Slate

Five years on since the UK officially left the EU and, so far, Brexit has not been as bad as oysterman Tom Haward thought.

From BBC

The hospitality sector was "struggling" and the oysterman said his customers were not selling the same volumes of oysters in the past year.

From BBC

Jules Melancon, a third-generation Louisiana oysterman who, rather than giving up after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill ravaged the Gulf Coast, found an innovative, sustainable and much tastier way to bring his briny delicacies to New Orleans restaurants, died on Aug. 31 at his home in Cutoff, La. He was 65.

From New York Times

The oysterman’s house still exists — as does, on nearby Money Hill, the one in which Edmund Wilson lived in a fractious marriage with Mary McCarthy.

From New York Times