What is another word for boatman?

Pronunciation: [bˈə͡ʊtmən] (IPA)

The occupation of a boatman is the person who operates a boat, ferry, or ship. There are many synonyms for the word boatman, such as sailor, mariner, skipper, pilot, oarsman, rower, waterman, and seafarer. Sailor refers to someone who navigates the seas on a large ship or vessel, while a mariner refers to anyone who is involved in sailing, navigation, or operating ships. A skipper is the captain or leader of a boat. A pilot is someone who steers ships through hazardous waters or difficult channels, while an oarsman or rower is someone who uses oars to propel a boat. Lastly, a waterman or seafarer is someone who works on or near the water.

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Usage examples for Boatman

Very beautiful," she added quickly, though she repressed, in deference to William, her own wonder that the sight of Ralph Denham talking to a boatman on the banks of the Thames could move any one to such an attitude of adoration.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
He stopped, moreover, and began inquiring of an old boatman as to the tides and the ships.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
A door in the middle of the house swung open as they arrived, and the boatman who carried Ned's bag put it down on the threshold.
"Ahead of the Army"
W. O. Stoddard

Famous quotes with Boatman

  • Take, O boatman, thrice thy fee,— Take, I give it willingly; For, invisible to thee, Spirits twain have crossed with me.
    Ludwig Uhland
  • Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, walked through the streets of Richmond and respectfully lifted his hat to the men who blacked Louis Wigfall's boots and curried his horse. What did it mean? It meant that the truest American president we have ever had, the companion of Washington in our love and honor, recognized that the poorest man, however outraged, however ignorant, however despised, however black, was, as a man, his equal. The child of the American people was their most prophetic man, because, whether as small shop-keeper, as flat-boatman, as volunteer captain, as honest lawyer, as defender of the Declaration, as President of the United States, he knew by the profoundest instinct and the widest experience and reflection, that in the most vital faith of this country it is just as honorable for an honest man to curry a horse and black a boot as it is to raise cotton or corn, to sell molasses or cloth, to practice medicine or law, to gamble in stocks or speculate in petroleum. He knew the European doctrine that the king makes the gentleman; but he believed with his whole soul the doctrine, the American doctrine, that worth makes the man
    George William Curtis

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