river runnern.

Brit.

/ˈrɪvə ˌrʌnə/, U.S.

/ˈrɪvə(r) ˌrənər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: river n.¹, runner n.¹

Etymology: < river n.¹ + runner n.¹ Compare slightly later river running n.

North American.

1. A person who earns a living on or along a river; spec. (in quot. 1882) a person who makes a living by catering to the river trade. Now rare.

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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > who sails in specific waters

channeller?1574

coaster1574

shore-creeper1599

riverman1612

circumnavigator1770

canaller1796

laker1838

river runner1913

1882 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 14 Aug. 6/1 These river runners who infest the docks and represent every class of business from grog-shops and lodgings to maritime stores..are a class well worth watching.

1897 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 25 Oct. 1/7 100 men are idle, to say nothing of the cutters, river runners and men on the tram roads.

1906 Outing Mar. 709/1 At the head of the streams, when the spring thaws had loosened the floods, there came to the rollways of the logs the river runners, river jacks, [etc.].

1913 O. A. Rothert Hist. Muhlenberg Co. xxxi. 393 The coal barges were taken up and down the river by men known as ‘river runners’.

1920 A. B. Baxter Blower of Bubbles ii. 98 When the lumber-jacks come in from the woods, or the river-runners from their convoys of logs, there is always the sound of a noisy chorus from ‘Les Voyageurs’.

1935 A. B. Baxter Strange Street viii. 55 We..trekked through the district gathering in the river runners and lumber jacks and even a percentage of Red Indians.

2. A boat used to travel by river.

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1890 Forest & Stream 12 June 410/2 This is a slender and graceful craft... It is provided with out riggers and is very speedy under oars, being really a better river runner than a marsh boat.

1940 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 6 Jan. 2/5 Ice six to eight inches deep..forced the 2,000 horsepower river runner to dock 20 miles north of here.

1987 Pop. Mech. Apr. 95/2 Nowhere will you find a boat that will do as much..as a soft-bottomed inflatable. It's perfect as a tender for a larger vessel, as a beach boat or river runner.

2006 J. Haslett Voy. of Manteño vi. 139 The first boat was a dark gray river runner, ten feet long.

3. A person who navigates a fast-flowing river in a small craft (as a raft, rubber dinghy, canoe, etc.), now esp. as a leisure activity. Cf. run v. 19h.

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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > boatman or waterman > boating enthusiast > on a river

river runner1962

1926 G. MacCreagh White Waters & Black xxix. 297 Our monteria is a sturdy river-runner's boat and our crew are experts selected by the agent of Jotte Jae, who knows the rivers.

1940 Appalachia Dec. 168 Conversations with famous river runners..strengthened my determination to attempt the trip in a rubber foldboat.

1962 National Geographic Apr. 561/1 (caption) River runners stop for a swim in the Little Colorado's Blue.

1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 28 Oct. (1970) 330 I'll never be satisfied after having been down the Snake River until I've become a river runner.

1996 J. Bennett Compl. Whitewater Rafter viii. 83/1 The first technique any river runner should learn is how to keep the raft parallel with the current.

2007 R. W. Adler Restoring Colorado River Ecosystems vi. 161 River runners learned to ‘ride the wave’ by knowing how long it would take a surge or ebb to reach a particular spot on the river.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	river runner
释义	river runnern. Brit. /ˈrɪvə ˌrʌnə/, U.S. /ˈrɪvə(r) ˌrənər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: river n.¹, runner n.¹ Etymology: < river n.¹ + runner n.¹ Compare slightly later river running n. North American. 1. A person who earns a living on or along a river; spec. (in quot. 1882) a person who makes a living by catering to the river trade. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > who sails in specific waters channeller?1574 coaster1574 shore-creeper1599 riverman1612 circumnavigator1770 canaller1796 laker1838 river runner1913 1882 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 14 Aug. 6/1 These river runners who infest the docks and represent every class of business from grog-shops and lodgings to maritime stores..are a class well worth watching. 1897 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 25 Oct. 1/7 100 men are idle, to say nothing of the cutters, river runners and men on the tram roads. 1906 Outing Mar. 709/1 At the head of the streams, when the spring thaws had loosened the floods, there came to the rollways of the logs the river runners, river jacks, [etc.]. 1913 O. A. Rothert Hist. Muhlenberg Co. xxxi. 393 The coal barges were taken up and down the river by men known as ‘river runners’. 1920 A. B. Baxter Blower of Bubbles ii. 98 When the lumber-jacks come in from the woods, or the river-runners from their convoys of logs, there is always the sound of a noisy chorus from ‘Les Voyageurs’. 1935 A. B. Baxter Strange Street viii. 55 We..trekked through the district gathering in the river runners and lumber jacks and even a percentage of Red Indians. 2. A boat used to travel by river. ΚΠ 1890 Forest & Stream 12 June 410/2 This is a slender and graceful craft... It is provided with out riggers and is very speedy under oars, being really a better river runner than a marsh boat. 1940 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 6 Jan. 2/5 Ice six to eight inches deep..forced the 2,000 horsepower river runner to dock 20 miles north of here. 1987 Pop. Mech. Apr. 95/2 Nowhere will you find a boat that will do as much..as a soft-bottomed inflatable. It's perfect as a tender for a larger vessel, as a beach boat or river runner. 2006 J. Haslett Voy. of Manteño vi. 139 The first boat was a dark gray river runner, ten feet long. 3. A person who navigates a fast-flowing river in a small craft (as a raft, rubber dinghy, canoe, etc.), now esp. as a leisure activity. Cf. run v. 19h. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > boatman or waterman > boating enthusiast > on a river river runner1962 1926 G. MacCreagh White Waters & Black xxix. 297 Our monteria is a sturdy river-runner's boat and our crew are experts selected by the agent of Jotte Jae, who knows the rivers. 1940 Appalachia Dec. 168 Conversations with famous river runners..strengthened my determination to attempt the trip in a rubber foldboat. 1962 National Geographic Apr. 561/1 (caption) River runners stop for a swim in the Little Colorado's Blue. 1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 28 Oct. (1970) 330 I'll never be satisfied after having been down the Snake River until I've become a river runner. 1996 J. Bennett Compl. Whitewater Rafter viii. 83/1 The first technique any river runner should learn is how to keep the raft parallel with the current. 2007 R. W. Adler Restoring Colorado River Ecosystems vi. 161 River runners learned to ‘ride the wave’ by knowing how long it would take a surge or ebb to reach a particular spot on the river. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1882
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