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/bˈoʊtmən/ Listen

noun

Boatman n. (pl. boatmen)

A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat. "As late the boatman hies him home."

(Zool.) A boat bug. See Boat bug.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Boatman" Quotes from Famous Books

... at having distressed Phoebe, and . . . Not that she had deigned any notice of Robert after the first cold shake of the hand, and he sat rowing with vigorous strokes, and a countenance of set gravity, more as if he were a boatman than one of the party; Lucilla could not even meet his eye when she peeped under her eyelashes to recover defiance by ...

— Hopes and Fears - scenes from the life of a spinster • Charlotte M. Yonge

... flow'd, and leap'd, and run, Ever since Time its course begun, Without a record, without a name. I ask'd the shepherd on the hill— He knew thee but as a common rill; I ask'd the farmer's blue-eyed daughter— She knew thee but as a running water; I ask'd the boatman on the shore (He was never ask'd to tell before)— Thou wert a brook, and ...

— The Illustrated London Reading Book • Various

... him to-morrow evening. If you and your brother would like to accompany me on the drive, meet me at six o'clock on the top of the cliff. If you would prefer to return earlier than I do, I can direct you to a boatman to take you down by the river.—Believe me, yours ...

— The Pillars of the House, V1 • Charlotte M. Yonge

... intend to go by the ferry; for though the charge of the boatman was but a halfpenny, that halfpenny he had not in his possession; and he ...

— Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XXIII. • Various

... rugged boatman's face, An unpaid freight he thought no harder case; The seals no longer sported in the sea, While ev'ry bell rung mournful in Dundee, Huge ploughmen wept, and stranger still, 'tis said, So strong ...

— Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica • James Boswell

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