"boater" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbəʊt.ə/ [UK], /ˈboʊ.tɚ/ [US], /ˈbɐʉt.ɘ/ [New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-boater.ogg [US] Forms: boaters [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊtə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English botere; equivalent to boat + -er. The use of the term for a straw hat stems from the fact that straw hats were the preferred head covering during sunny boat trips on canals and rivers. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|botere}} Middle English botere, {{suffix|en|boat|er|id2=occupation}} boat + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} boater (plural boaters)
  1. (nautical) Someone who travels by boat. Categories (topical): Nautical, People Translations (someone who travels by boat): veneilijä (Finnish), bádóir [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-boater-en-noun-9D4wTjCA Disambiguation of People: 42 10 48 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'someone who travels by boat': 96 1 2
  2. (nautical) Synonym of boatman, particularly its captain. Categories (topical): Nautical, People Synonyms: boatman [synonym, synonym-of], particularly its captain [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-boater-en-noun-735WA04w Disambiguation of People: 42 10 48 Topics: nautical, transport
  3. A straw hat, very stiff, with a flat brim and crown. Categories (topical): Headwear, People Synonyms: leghorn, basher, skimmer, Panama Translations (straw hat): 硬草帽 (yìngcǎomào) (Chinese Mandarin), 船工帽 (Chinese Mandarin), canotier [masculine] (French), steifer Strohhut [masculine] (German), hata bádóra [masculine] (Irish), paglietta (Italian), カンカン帽 (kankan-bō) (alt: かんかんぼう) (Japanese), chapéu-palheta [masculine] (Portuguese), palheta [masculine] (Portuguese), palhinha [masculine] (Portuguese), канотье́ (kanotʹjé) [neuter] (Russian), canotier [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-boater-en-noun-Joosof0l Disambiguation of Headwear: 6 12 82 Disambiguation of People: 42 10 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (occupation) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 25 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 16 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (occupation): 17 28 56 Disambiguation of 'straw hat': 3 9 87

Inflected forms

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