waterman
Americannoun
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watermen
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a person who manages or works on a boat; boatman.
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a person skilled in rowing or boating.
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Chesapeake Bay Area. a person with a general license to take any legal catch of fish and shellfish in Chesapeake Bay.
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Origin of waterman
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at water, man
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Project backer and renowned Native Hawaiian waterman Brian Keaulana has said artificial waves are useful for competitive surfers to train on perfect breaks that are sometimes elusive in the ocean.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024
He was a kind and emotionally present waterman I had found in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
“It’s not an easy way of life,” said Robert T. Brown Sr., the president of the Maryland Watermen’s Association and a sixth-generation waterman.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
Its sole champion, a retired Methodist minister and former waterman Stephen White, spent years trying to save the island by ringing it with rocks, planks and sandbags.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 30, 2020
My father, like nearly every man on our island, was a waterman.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
The Dabney continues to pay tribute to the wonderful farmers, watermen and purveyors of the mid-Atlantic region who provide some of the best and most unique products in the country.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2024
Over the past six years, we’ve been working on building a network of watermen that will give the specific care and procedures to the fish that we’re looking for.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2024
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science has worked with the state of Virginia and local watermen to remove tens of thousands of derelict crab pots.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
His exploits were written about often enough in his lifetime that the phrase “one of the most widely known watermen in the state” seemed part of his name.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2022
He began to teach Conibear elements of the stroke that he had learned from Thames watermen in his boyhood and taught to the boys at Eton.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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