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newsboat

newsboat noun: a boat used to relay news from one place to another.

Noun

newsboat (plural newsboats)

  1. (historical) A boat used to relay news from one place to another.

Forms of newsboat

pluralnewsboats

Origin of newsboat

From news + boat.

Questions about newsboat

What does newsboat mean?
Newsboat means a boat used to relay news from one place to another.
What part of speech is newsboat?
Newsboat is a noun.
What is the plural of newsboat?
The plural of newsboat is newsboats.

Words near newsboat in the dictionary

  1. newsbeats
  2. newsbill
  3. newsbills
  4. newsboard
  5. newsboards
  6. newsboat
  7. newsboats
  8. newsbook
  9. newsbooks
  10. newsbot
  11. newsbots

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