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ˈboat-woman
[f. boat n. + woman.]
A woman who manages a boat.
a1843Southey Com.-Pl. Bk. Ser. ii. 316 Perhaps Spenser remembered the portrait of Idilnesse when he so beautifully painted the wanton boatwoman. 1883Harper's Mag. Oct. 674/2 The most famous boatwomen are the girls of the parish of Rättvik. |