boatman
/ˈbəʊt.mən/
boatman noun: a sailor on a small vessel (boat), particularly its captain.
Noun
boatman (plural boatmen)
- A sailor on a small vessel (boat), particularly its captain.
- Near-synonym: boatkeeper
- Synonyms:
- boatsman, boater, boatkeeper
Proper noun capitalized: Boatman
Boatman (countable and uncountable, plural Boatmans)
- A surname originating as an occupation for a boatman.
- An unincorporated community in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States.
- A rural locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia.
boatman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
boatman in Hindi
- a man in charge of a small boat
- माँझी māñjhī
boatman in Tamil
- படகோட்டி, ஓடமோட்டி, ஓடக்காரன், தோணிக்காரன், படவன், போதவாகன்
boatman in Marathi
- boatman
- नावाडी nāvāḍī
boatman in Urdu
- boatman
- ملاح mallāh
More languagesFewer languages
- boatman in Bengali
- মাল্লা malla
- boatman in Malayalam
- തരിത്രി taritri
- boatman in Kannada
- ಅಂಬಿಗಾರ ambigāra
- boatman in Punjabi
- ماہی māhī, ਮਾਹੀ māhī, ਖੇਵਟ khevaṭ, ਖੇਵਾ khevā
- boatman in Sanskrit
- कर्णधार karṇadhāra
- boatman in Nepali
- कर्णधार karṇadhār
- boatman in Indonesian
- juru mudi
- boatman in Vietnamese
- sãi
Synonyms of boatman
Forms of boatman
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | boatmen |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Boatmans |
Origin of boatman
From Middle English boteman, botman, bateman. Equivalent to boat + -man.
Words formed from boatman
Questions about boatman
- What does boatman mean?
- Boatman means a sailor on a small vessel (boat), particularly its captain.
- What is boatman in Hindi?
- Boatman in Hindi is माँझी (māñjhī). See Boatman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is boatman?
- Boatman can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce boatman?
- Boatman is pronounced /ˈbəʊt.mən/.
- What is the plural of boatman?
- The plural of boatman is boatmen.
Words near boatman in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: boatman (page history and authors); Boatman (page history and authors); boatman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); नावाडी (Marathi) (page history and authors); ملاح (Urdu) (page history and authors); തരിത്രി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಅಂಬಿಗಾರ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ماہی (Punjabi) (page history and authors); कर्णधार (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); कर्णधार (Nepali) (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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