"boatman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boatmen [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English boteman, botman, bateman. Equivalent to boat + -man. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|boteman}} Middle English boteman, {{m|enm|botman}} botman, {{m|enm|bateman}} bateman, {{af|en|boat|-man}} boat + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|boatmen}} boatman (plural boatmen)
  1. A sailor on a small vessel (boat), particularly its captain. Categories (topical): Male, Nautical, Occupations, People Synonyms: boatsman, boater (english: traveller), sailor Derived forms: Boatman, water boatman Translations (a man in charge of a small boat): մակույկավար (makuykavar) (Armenian), նավավար (navavar) (Armenian), նավարար (navarar) (Armenian), মাল্লা (malla) (Bengali), 船工 (chuángōng) (Chinese Mandarin), veneilijä (Finnish), venemies (Finnish), passeur [masculine] (French), batelier [masculine] (French), barqueiro [masculine] (Galician), მენავე (menave) (Georgian), Ruderer [masculine] (German), סִירַאי (siray) [masculine] (Hebrew), csónakos (Hungarian), juru mudi (Indonesian), bádóir [masculine] (Irish), barcaiolo [masculine] (Italian), battelliere [masculine] (Italian), 船頭 (sendō) (alt: せんどう) (Japanese), 舟子 (shūshi) (alt: しゅうし) (Japanese), wong belahan (Javanese), barkero [Latin, masculine] (Ladino), ພົນເຮືອ (phon hư̄a) (Lao), гемиџија (gemidžija) [masculine] (Macedonian), bat'leux [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), batelyi [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), barqueiro [masculine] (Portuguese), barcagiu [masculine] (Romanian), luntraș [masculine] (Romanian), ло́дочник (lódočnik) [masculine] (Russian), fear-bàta [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), чамџија [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), čamdžija [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), barquero [masculine] (Spanish), balsero [masculine] (Spanish), olyitau (Tocharian B), kayikchi (Turkish), kayıkçı (Turkish), barcarol [masculine] (Venetian), sãi (Vietnamese)

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          "tags": [
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          "word": "fear-bàta"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
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          "word": "чамџија"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "word": "barquero"
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          "code": "txb",
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          "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
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          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
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          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
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          ],
          "word": "barcarol"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
          "word": "sãi"
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      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
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      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
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      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
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      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
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      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
      "word": "船頭"
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      "alt": "しゅうし",
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      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
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      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
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      "lang": "Lao",
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      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
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      "word": "гемиџија"
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      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
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      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
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      "word": "batelyi"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "barqueiro"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barcagiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "luntraș"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lódočnik",
      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ло́дочник"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fear-bàta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чамџија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "čamdžija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barquero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "balsero"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
      "word": "olyitau"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
      "word": "kayikchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
      "word": "kayıkçı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barcarol"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a man in charge of a small boat",
      "word": "sãi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "boatman"
}

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