'Boatman' definitions:

Definition of 'boatman'

From: WordNet
noun
Someone who drives or rides in a boat [syn: boatman, boater, waterman]

Definition of 'Boatman'

From: GCIDE
  • Boatman \Boat"man\, n.; pl. Boatmen.
  • 1. A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat. [1913 Webster]
  • As late the boatman hies him home. --Percival. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) A boat bug. See Boat bug. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'boatman'

From: GCIDE
  • Boat bug \Boat" bug`\ (Zool.) An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also boat fly, {boat insect}, boatman, and water boatman. [1913 Webster]

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