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# boatman

noun (a boatman, boatmen)

«boatman» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A man whose job is to row, sail or look after boats, or to carry people across water in a boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boatman/#m1)
2. A person who hires out boats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boatman/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and myths a boatman often ferries travellers across a river (in Greek myths, Charon the boatman carries the dead across the River Styx). In history and geography lessons, boatmen worked on rivers and canals carrying goods and people.

### Examples

- The boatman rowed us across the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boatman/#x1)
- We paid the boatman two coins for the ride. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boatman/#x2)
- In Venice, a boatman steers a gondola. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boatman/#x3)
- The old boatman knew every bend in the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boatman/#x4)
- In the Greek myth, the boatman Charon carried souls across the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boatman/#x5)
- The boatman hired out rowing boats for the afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boatman/#x6)
- A boatman shouted a warning about the rocks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boatman/#x7)
- So she ordered the old boatman to steer for Squirrel Island. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boatman/#x8)

### Note

Irregular plural: boatmen (not boatmans). A woman may be called a boatwoman, or people say «boat operator» or «ferry worker». Similar words: ferryman, gondolier, oarsman.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «boatman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boatman/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«boatman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/boatman.html) on Mova free.