boatman

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

boatman
    n 1: someone who drives or rides in a boat [syn: {boatman},
         {boater}, {waterman}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Boatman \Boat"man\, n.; pl. {Boatmen}.
   1. A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat.
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            As late the boatman hies him home.    --Percival.
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   2. (Zool.) A boat bug. See {Boat bug}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Boat bug \Boat" bug`\ (Zool.)
   An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus {Notonecta}; -- so
   called from swimming on its back, which gives it the
   appearance of a little boat. Called also {boat fly}, {boat
   insect}, {boatman}, and {water boatman}.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "boatman":
      bargee, bargeman, barger, boat-handler, boater, boatsman, ferrier,
      ferryman, galley slave, gondolier, lighterman, oar, oarsman,
      punter, rower, waterman, yachter, yachtsman

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