boatman

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: boat=man

CIDE DICTIONARY

boatman, n. 

•  A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat.  [1913 Webster]

  "As late the boatman hies him home."  [1913 Webster]
•  A boat bug. See Boat bug.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

boatman, n. (pl. -men) a person who hires out boats or provides transport by boat.

THESAURUS

boatman

bargee, bargeman, barger, boat-handler, boater, boatsman, ferrier, ferryman, galley slave, gondolier, lighterman, oar, oarsman, punter, rower, waterman, yachter, yachtsman

ROGET THESAURUS

boatman

Mariner

N sailor, mariner, navigator, seaman, seafarer, seafaring man, dock walloper, tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A, B, man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy, skipper, shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman, bargee, gondolier, oar, oarsman, rower, boatswain, cockswain, coxswain, steersman, pilot, crew, aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus, aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew, astronaut, cosmonaut, parachutist, paratrooper.