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boat-man

boat-man is the alternative form of boatman.

Meaning of boatman

Noun

boatman (plural boatmen)

  1. A sailor on a small vessel (boat), particularly its captain.
    • Near-synonym: boatkeeper

See all 4 meanings of boatman

Forms of boat-man

pluralboat-men

Questions about boat-man

What is boat-man the alternative form of?
Boat-man is the alternative form of boatman.

Words near boat-man in the dictionary

  1. boat-in
  2. boat-in theater
  3. boat-in theaters
  4. boat-in theatre
  5. boat-in theatres
  6. boat-man
  7. boat-puller
  8. boat-race
  9. boat-raced
  10. boat-races
  11. boat-racing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boat-man (page history and authors); boatman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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