Waterman

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A boatman.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A seaman, a sailor.
  • n. A man who lives or works on the water; a boatman.
  • n. Someone who distributes or supplies water for a living; a water-carrier.
  • n. Specifically, an attendant on cab stands who supplies water to the horses.
  • n. A man skilled in multiple aquatic sports disciplines, such as surfing, bodysurfing, undersea diving, canoe paddling, fishing, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman.
  • n. An attendant on cab stands, etc., who supplies water to the horses.
  • n. A water demon.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A boatman; a ferryman; a man who manages water-craft; one who plies for hire on rivers, etc.
  • n. One who carries or distributes water; specifically, a person who waits at a cab-stand for the purpose of supplying the horses with water, calling the cabmen when they are absent, etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone who drives or rides in a boat
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    worker   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    oarsman    paddler    ferryman    gondolier    gondoliere   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    boatman    ferryman   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    watermen   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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