boatmann.

Brit.

/ˈbəʊtmən/, U.S.

/ˈboʊtmən/

Inflections: Plural boatmen.

Forms: see boat n.¹ and man n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: boat n.¹, man n.¹

Etymology: < boat n.¹ + man n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch baetman , bōtsman (Dutch bootsman ), Middle Low German bōtman , bōtesman , bōsman ( > German Bootsman (16th cent.)), Old Icelandic bátmaðr , also (after Middle Low German) Old Swedish batsman (Swedish båtsman ), Old Danish botzman- (Danish bådsmand ). Compare earlier shipman n. and also bargeman n., waterman n. Compare also earlier boater n. and boatswain n. With sense 2 compare earlier boat insect n. at boat n.¹ Compounds 2 and boatfly n.Earliest attested in surnames. Compare also the following earlier example, although it is uncertain whether this is to be interpreted as showing the same word:1225 in P. H. Reaney & R. M. Wilson Dict. Eng. Surnames (1991) 51/1 Thomas Bootman.

1. A person who pilots or works on a boat, esp. one who hires out boats or provides transport by boat.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > boatman or waterman

boatman1274

waterman1439

boatsman1512

water rat1600

water snake1609

battoe man1756

boathand1821

boatie1826

water-jack1828

floatman1882

river rat1884

1274 Close Roll, 2 Edward I (P.R.O.: C 54/91) m. 11 Johannes Botman.

1355 in Norfolk Archaeol. (1901) 14 298 Semannus Botman cum baculo & cutell'.

a1414 in C. M. Woolgar Househ. Accts. Medieval Eng. (1992) II. 597 Item delivere xv^o die Decembris a Lambith usque Loundon' pro botmen xii d.

1473 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 44 To the botmen that brocht the king our the watter.

1538 A. Fitzherbert Loffice & Auctoryte Iustiyes de Peas f. xxxix Enquere of botemen, and bargemen.

1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. i. sig. A 2 Churlish Charon only boatman there, Said that my rites of buriall not performde, I might not sit amongst his passengers.

1600 C. Sutton Disce Mor.i xxviii. 324 We must not doe as boat-men are wont, who row one way, but looke another.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 7 The Boat-men..forbearing ever and anon to row, purposely to let the Ambassadors get before.

1715 J. Fontaine Jrnl. 11 Mar. (1972) 68 The boatmen..take the fish and bring it ashore to the splitters, headers, throat cutters, salters and barrow men.

1755 L. Evans Middle Brit. Col. 26 At Hart's Rock, the River makes..a very sharp Rippling, where the Boatmen are obliged to wade and hawl up near the Rocks.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho III. 388 The boatmen pulled hard at their oars.

1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 105 The boatman from the Stygian wave.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire ii. 74 Meeting a boatman one day on the Thames.

1905 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 9 July 24/4 There they stuck until a boatman or two with strong arms and oars pulled them across the channel.

1968 A. K. Armah Beautyful Ones are not yet Born xiv. 204 The boatman's eyes were no longer the diffuse, vaguely pleading eyes of the hireling the man had seen the first time.

2003 M. Ali Brick Lane ix. 180 She..watched a sampan with its ragged sail lazy in the still air, the boatman unconcerned on his haunches.

2. A water boatman of the family Notonectidae; = boatfly n. rare except in water boatman n. at water n. Compounds 8c.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Heteroptera > family Notonectidae > member of

Notonecta1658

boatfly1681

water boatman1815

boatman1841

back-swimmer1862

notonectid1908

1841 E. Newman Familiar Introd. Hist. Insects 106 The boatman dives under the water, occasionally coming to the surface for a supply of air.

1917 D. Sanderson & L. M. Peairs School Entomol. viii. 58 The boatmen are flattened while the back-swimmers have ‘V’-shaped backs and swim upside down, the angle of the back making a sort of keel.

1948 Brit. Bee Jrnl. 4 Mar. 87/1 Other names are ‘water bug,’ ‘boat fly,’ ‘boat insect’ and ‘boatman’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	boatman
释义	boatmann. Brit. /ˈbəʊtmən/, U.S. /ˈboʊtmən/ Inflections: Plural boatmen. Forms: see boat n.¹ and man n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: boat n.¹, man n.¹ Etymology: < boat n.¹ + man n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch baetman , bōtsman (Dutch bootsman ), Middle Low German bōtman , bōtesman , bōsman ( > German Bootsman (16th cent.)), Old Icelandic bátmaðr , also (after Middle Low German) Old Swedish batsman (Swedish båtsman ), Old Danish botzman- (Danish bådsmand ). Compare earlier shipman n. and also bargeman n., waterman n. Compare also earlier boater n. and boatswain n. With sense 2 compare earlier boat insect n. at boat n.¹ Compounds 2 and boatfly n.Earliest attested in surnames. Compare also the following earlier example, although it is uncertain whether this is to be interpreted as showing the same word:1225 in P. H. Reaney & R. M. Wilson Dict. Eng. Surnames (1991) 51/1 Thomas Bootman. 1. A person who pilots or works on a boat, esp. one who hires out boats or provides transport by boat. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > boatman or waterman boatman1274 waterman1439 boatsman1512 water rat1600 water snake1609 battoe man1756 boathand1821 boatie1826 water-jack1828 floatman1882 river rat1884 1274 Close Roll, 2 Edward I (P.R.O.: C 54/91) m. 11 Johannes Botman. 1355 in Norfolk Archaeol. (1901) 14 298 Semannus Botman cum baculo & cutell'. a1414 in C. M. Woolgar Househ. Accts. Medieval Eng. (1992) II. 597 Item delivere xv^o die Decembris a Lambith usque Loundon' pro botmen xii d. 1473 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 44 To the botmen that brocht the king our the watter. 1538 A. Fitzherbert Loffice & Auctoryte Iustiyes de Peas f. xxxix Enquere of botemen, and bargemen. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. i. sig. A 2 Churlish Charon only boatman there, Said that my rites of buriall not performde, I might not sit amongst his passengers. 1600 C. Sutton Disce Mor.i xxviii. 324 We must not doe as boat-men are wont, who row one way, but looke another. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 7 The Boat-men..forbearing ever and anon to row, purposely to let the Ambassadors get before. 1715 J. Fontaine Jrnl. 11 Mar. (1972) 68 The boatmen..take the fish and bring it ashore to the splitters, headers, throat cutters, salters and barrow men. 1755 L. Evans Middle Brit. Col. 26 At Hart's Rock, the River makes..a very sharp Rippling, where the Boatmen are obliged to wade and hawl up near the Rocks. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho III. 388 The boatmen pulled hard at their oars. 1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 105 The boatman from the Stygian wave. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire ii. 74 Meeting a boatman one day on the Thames. 1905 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 9 July 24/4 There they stuck until a boatman or two with strong arms and oars pulled them across the channel. 1968 A. K. Armah Beautyful Ones are not yet Born xiv. 204 The boatman's eyes were no longer the diffuse, vaguely pleading eyes of the hireling the man had seen the first time. 2003 M. Ali Brick Lane ix. 180 She..watched a sampan with its ragged sail lazy in the still air, the boatman unconcerned on his haunches. 2. A water boatman of the family Notonectidae; = boatfly n. rare except in water boatman n. at water n. Compounds 8c. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Heteroptera > family Notonectidae > member of Notonecta1658 boatfly1681 water boatman1815 boatman1841 back-swimmer1862 notonectid1908 1841 E. Newman Familiar Introd. Hist. Insects 106 The boatman dives under the water, occasionally coming to the surface for a supply of air. 1917 D. Sanderson & L. M. Peairs School Entomol. viii. 58 The boatmen are flattened while the back-swimmers have ‘V’-shaped backs and swim upside down, the angle of the back making a sort of keel. 1948 Brit. Bee Jrnl. 4 Mar. 87/1 Other names are ‘water bug,’ ‘boat fly,’ ‘boat insect’ and ‘boatman’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1274
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