noun
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a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters
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a boat used in gathering oysters
Etymology
Origin of oysterman
Example Sentences
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She will face Maine’s current governor or a flamboyant and controversial oysterman.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
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.
From Slate • Oct. 16, 2025
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 • Jan. 31, 2025
“We need the gas and oil, but it’s clearly evident that there’s lasting damage in the marshes from the canals that they dug,” said Dave Cvitanovich, a lifelong oysterman.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2013
The hatch was opened in a twinkling, and when we descended to the cuddy I was both surprised and overjoyed by seeing Robert Hanaford, an oysterman from St. Leonard's bay.
From Commodore Barney's Young Spies A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington by Otis, James
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