Meaning

1 senses
  1. A sailor on a small vessel (boat), particularly its captain.

    Near-synonym: boatkeeper

    Ruderer

    ло́дочникlódočnik

More definitions
  • a man who drives or rides in a boat

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Miroslav tried to buy the boatman.

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  2. Tom is a boatman.

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  3. When there are no tourists, the Lao boatman just fishes in the area to feed his family.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a man in charge of a small boat:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a man in charge of a small boat:

Origin

From Middle English boteman, botman, bateman. Equivalent to boat + -man.

From Middle English boteman, botman, bateman. Equivalent to boat + -man.

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Forms

plural: boatmen
Singularboatman
Pluralboatmen

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Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a man who drives or rides in a boat:waterman

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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