trowmann.
/ˈtrəʊmən/ local.
The master or captain of a trow: see trow n.2 (a). Also: see quot. 1921.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > captain or master > of specific type of vessel
shouterc1325
patron?a1425
trowman1429
balinger-master1463
Master of the Barge1480
wafter1482
bargemaster1648
trierarch1656
hoyman1666
collier-master1723
country captain1769
slave-captain1808
grocery-captain1816
hide-drogher1841
pentecontarch1851
collier-man1881
1429 Rolls of Parl. IV. 345/2 The owners..and the saide trowmen.
1505 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1903) I. 220 During which xl yeris I occupyed vppon the seide Ryuer as a Trowman.
1641 J. Taylor Last Voy. sig. B7 Usually much abused by Trow-men.
1752 Deed in G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) This Indenture made..Between John Rogers of the Town of Shrewsbury..Trowman and [etc.].
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 738 Trowman; owner of small fishing boat having open well in bottom for keeping fish alive until landed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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