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

Before she can get to that general election matchup, though, she’ll have to get through a primary against veteran and oysterman Graham Platner, a political newcomer who’s raised a lot of cash and attracted a lot of attention since announcing his run in August.

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Maine veteran and oysterman Graham Platner entered the race in August, and his profile has been on a vertical media-darling trajectory that’s beginning to resemble that of Beto O’Rourke in 2018.

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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.”

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

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

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