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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
boatman
    n 1: someone who drives or rides in a boat [syn: boatman,
         boater, waterman]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Boatman \Boat"man\, n.; pl. Boatmen.
   1. A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat.
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            As late the boatman hies him home.    --Percival.
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   2. (Zool.) A boat bug. See Boat bug.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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Thesaurus Results for Boatman:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bargee, bargeman, barger, boat-handler, boater, boatsman, ferrier, ferryman, galley slave, gondolier, lighterman, oar, oarsman, punter, rower, waterman, yachter, yachtsman
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