boatwomann.

Brit.

/ˈbəʊtˌwʊmən/, U.S.

/ˈboʊtˌwʊmən/

Inflections: Plural boatwomen.

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

Etymology: < boat n.¹ + woman n., after boatman n.

A woman who pilots or operates 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 > woman

waterwoman1636

boatwoman1707

1707 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Diverting Wks. 555 The Boat-woman kept out in the middle of the Lake.

1787 J. Byng 26 July in Torrington Diaries (1934) I. 265 They had let our boat to him..; the boatwoman was the messenger of their roguery, and made much clamour.

a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1849) 2nd Ser. 316/1 Perhaps Spenser remembered the portrait of Idilnesse when he so beautifully painted the wanton boatwoman.

1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 674/2 The most famous boatwomen are the girls of the parish of Rättvik.

1904 E. R. Scidmore Winter India ii. 46 Only the Arabs of the Nile, or the boatwomen of Canton, could raise such din and hullabaloo.

1996 C. C. Lockwood Beneath Rim 2 I've had a small taste of river adventure. Not as much, though, as my friends, the boatmen and boatwomen of the Colorado.

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

单词	boatwoman
释义	boatwomann. Brit. /ˈbəʊtˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈboʊtˌwʊmən/ Inflections: Plural boatwomen. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: boat n.¹, woman n. Etymology: < boat n.¹ + woman n., after boatman n. A woman who pilots or operates 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 > woman waterwoman1636 boatwoman1707 1707 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Diverting Wks. 555 The Boat-woman kept out in the middle of the Lake. 1787 J. Byng 26 July in Torrington Diaries (1934) I. 265 They had let our boat to him..; the boatwoman was the messenger of their roguery, and made much clamour. a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1849) 2nd Ser. 316/1 Perhaps Spenser remembered the portrait of Idilnesse when he so beautifully painted the wanton boatwoman. 1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 674/2 The most famous boatwomen are the girls of the parish of Rättvik. 1904 E. R. Scidmore Winter India ii. 46 Only the Arabs of the Nile, or the boatwomen of Canton, could raise such din and hullabaloo. 1996 C. C. Lockwood Beneath Rim 2 I've had a small taste of river adventure. Not as much, though, as my friends, the boatmen and boatwomen of the Colorado. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1707
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