/ English Dictionary

WATERMAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who drives or rides in a boat

Synonyms:

boater; boatman; waterman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("waterman" is a kind of...):

worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "waterman"):

canoeist; paddler (someone paddling a canoe)

ferryman (a man who operates a ferry)

gondolier; gondoliere (a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola)

oarsman; rower (someone who rows a boat)

punter (someone who propels a boat with a pole)

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