boatsmann.
/ˈbəʊtsmən/, U.S. /ˈboʊtsmən/ 1. = boatman n. 1.
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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
1512 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 182 The botismene that brocht certane oysteris her to sell.
1581 W. Averell Life & Death Charles & Iulia sig. K.iiv Charles vnto a Barge ascendes, and byds the Boates man tell: Where as his Iulias corpes dyd sinke, when surging waues dyd swell.
1639 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1825) (modernized text) I. 312 He caused the boatsmen to put off the boat.
1695 Exact Acc. Siege Namur 25 The Besieged may provide Boats for their Sick and Wounded, and shall have Passports to send for what Boats and Boatsmen they want from Dinant.
1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Of Pythagorean Philos. in Fables 520 Boatsmen through the Chrystal Water show To wond'ring Passengers the Walls below.
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 136 'Tis an ill wind, said a boatsman, who catch'd it, which blows no body any good.
1851 H. A. Wilkins Holly Branch 43 I stand upon the surf-beat beach, and hear the boatsman's oar.
1893 Liberal 9 Apr. 7/2 A Mahomedan boatsman is undergoing trial in the Alipore Police Court.
1925 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 89/2 Any one can let a yacht-yard do the work, but it takes a real boatsman to do it himself.
1997 A. Munden Cheltenham Gamaliel i. 4 Close was a keen boatsman and had intended to enter the navy.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > boatswain
boatswainOE
boatsman1513
bosun1592
tindal1698
contre-master1726
serang1799
Pipes1818
Spithead nightingale1890
bose1912
1513 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 495 John Gardner, boitisman to the James.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 31 The master of the galiasse gart the botis man pas vp to the top.
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 135 The persons that are in a Ship may bee thus in order..The Master of the Ship, the Pilot, the Masters mate, the Ship-wright or Carpenter, the Boats-man, the Purser, the Chirurgeon, the Cooke, and the Ships boy.
?a1699 T. Neale Abstr. Sea-laws (1704) vi. 16 The Boats-man, who has the charge of the Ship's Boat.
1753 Gen. Treat. Naval Trade & Commerce (ed. 2) I. iv. 39 The Cloathing and other Things upon the Deceased's Body may be delivered to the Boats-man and the Company.
1801 in Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (U.S. Office Naval Rec.) (1939) I. 487 You will be allowed one Boats man one Carpenter & one Sail maker.
1843 Dublin Jrnl. Temperance 2 358/1 ‘May the d—l speed you on your way! you ought-to-be-hanged-looking scoundrel!’ groaned out the boatsman's mate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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