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boatmate

boatmate noun: someone with whom one shares a boat, or with whom one works on a boat.

Noun

boatmate (plural boatmates)

  1. Someone with whom one shares a boat, or with whom one works on a boat.
    • "It was of no use for him to prate about injustice." He smiled around and then closed up his mouth for the rest of the voyage, leaving his boat-mates with much to think about.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 579

Forms of boatmate

pluralboatmates
alternative formboat mate

Origin of boatmate

From boat + -mate.

Questions about boatmate

What does boatmate mean?
Boatmate means someone with whom one shares a boat, or with whom one works on a boat.
What part of speech is boatmate?
Boatmate is a noun.
What is the plural of boatmate?
The plural of boatmate is boatmates.

Words near boatmate in the dictionary

  1. Boatmans
  2. boatmanship
  3. boatmast
  4. boatmaster
  5. boatmasters
  6. boatmate
  7. boatmates
  8. boatmen
  9. boatmobile
  10. boatmobiles
  11. boatneck

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