raftsman

[ rafts-muhn, rahfts- ]

/ ˈræfts mən, ˈrɑfts- /

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a person who manages or is employed on a raft.

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

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
However, Antonio proved a most expert raftsman, being almost amphibious and smart as any eel.
The Log of a Sea-Waif|Frank T. Bullen
He had been a raftsman, and was reputed to be the most daring of those little-known watermen at flood-times and in the early thaw.
The Vultures|Henry Seton Merriman
Then he fired up, mad-like, and talked about the grey mare of hisn being able to pull a oar as good as any raftsman.
Ande Trembath|Matthew Stanley Kemp

Both of the men were inexperienced, one being a raftsman who came down the river, and the other a man from Vicksburg.
Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches|Theodore Roosevelt