powerboatern.
/ˈpaʊəˌbəʊtə/, U.S. /ˈpaʊ(ə)rˌboʊdər/ A person who owns or uses a powerboat.
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1912 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 3 Dec. 2/2 (header) Power Boaters Nominate.
1953 Richmond (Va.) News-leader 2 Sept. 24/7 There'll be..more races for sailors and power boaters alike.
1971 ‘E. Fenwick’ Impeccable People xxi. 115 The local powerboaters..remained the most unpopular minority conceivable.
2001 High Country News 24 Sept. 12/2 He brings together water lawyers, agency staffers, river rats, powerboaters, children and elders.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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