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boatmates

boatmates is the plural of boatmate.

Meaning of boatmate

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

Questions about boatmates

What is boatmates the plural of?
Boatmates is the plural of boatmate.

Words near boatmates in the dictionary

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

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