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raftsman

[rafts-muh n, rahfts-]

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noun, plural rafts·men.

a person who manages or is employed on a raft.

Origin of raftsman

First recorded in 1770–80; raft¹ + 's¹ + -man

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for raftsman

Historical Examples of raftsman

It amounted to something being a raftsman on such a craft as that.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
New thoughts and aims came into the mind of the raftsman's daughter.
Alice Wilde: The Raftman's Daughter
Metta V. Victor
He was elected, not because he was a raftsman, but because the Democrats of that day outnumbered the Whigs.
The Old Pike
Thomas B. Searight
The raftsman looked pityingly in the haggard face of the speaker—the face which a year ago was so bright and boyish.
Alice Wilde: The Raftman's Daughter
Metta V. Victor
Holding her hand, which was all the caress the presence of strangers would permit, Philip turned to the raftsman.
Alice Wilde: The Raftman's Daughter
Metta V. Victor