Boatman

  • 1Boatman — may refer to:A profession * A mariner who earns a living by transporting people or cargo by boatAn insect * Lesser water boatman, a water dwelling insect * Water boatman, a type of insect * The 1984 Filipino film Ang Bangkero , released in… …

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  • 2Boatman — Boat man, n.; pl. {Boatmen}. 1. A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat. [1913 Webster] As late the boatman hies him home. Percival. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A boat bug. See {Boat bug}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3boatman — ► NOUN ▪ a person who provides transport by boat …

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  • 4boatman — [bōt′mən] n. pl. boatmen [bōt′mən] a person skilled in the operation of boats boatmanship n …

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  • 5Boatman — Michael Patrick Boatman (* 25. Oktober 1964 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) ist ein US amerikanischer Schauspieler und Schriftsteller. In Deutschland wurde er bekannt durch seine Rolle als Gordon Heywood in der Sitcom Chaos City. Weitere Erfolge… …

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  • 6boatman — Boat bug Boat bug (Zo[ o]l.) 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}. [1913 …

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  • 7Boatman — Recorded in the spellings of Boat, Boate, Bote, Boater, Booter, Boother, Boatman, and Bowater, this is a medieval English surname. Its origins are confused and overlapping, and there are several possible sources. The first is that it can be… …

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  • 8boatman — UK [ˈbəʊtmən] / US [ˈboʊtmən] noun [countable] Word forms boatman : singular boatman plural boatmen UK [ˈbəʊtmən] / US [ˈboʊtmən] a man who takes people or goods somewhere in a small boat, or who has small boats that you can hire for a period of… …

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  • 9boatman — [[t]bo͟ʊtmən[/t]] boatmen N COUNT A boatman is a man who is paid by people to take them across an area of water in a small boat, or a man who hires boats out to them for a short time …

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  • 10boatman — noun Date: 14th century a man who works on, deals in, or operates boats …

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