Hypertext Webster Gateway: "boatman"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Boat bug \Boat" bug`\ (Zo["o]l.)
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Boatman \Boat"man\, n.; pl. {Boatmen}.
1. A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat.
As late the boatman hies him home. --Percival.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A boat bug. See {Boat bug}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
boatman
n : someone who drives or rides in a boat [syn: {boater}, {waterman}]
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