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steamboatman

steamboatman noun: a person employed in the steamboat industry, especially one working on a steamboat.

Noun

steamboatman (plural steamboatmen)

  1. A person employed in the steamboat industry, especially one working on a steamboat.
    • When I was a boy, there was but one permanent ambition among my comrades in our village on the west bank of the Mississippi River. That was, to be a steamboatman.1870, Mark Twain, chapter 4, in Life on the Mississippi

Forms of steamboatman

pluralsteamboatmen

Origin of steamboatman

From steamboat + -man.

Questions about steamboatman

What does steamboatman mean?
Steamboatman means a person employed in the steamboat industry, especially one working on a steamboat.
What part of speech is steamboatman?
Steamboatman is a noun.
What is the plural of steamboatman?
The plural of steamboatman is steamboatmen.

Words near steamboatman in the dictionary

  1. steamboated
  2. steamboater
  3. steamboaters
  4. steamboating
  5. steamboatings
  6. steamboatman
  7. steamboatmen
  8. steamboats
  9. steamcar
  10. steamcars
  11. steamchest

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