boatman

See also: Boatman

English

Etymology

From Middle English boteman, botman, bateman. Equivalent to boat +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊt.mən/, /ˈbəʊt.mæn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

boatman (plural boatmen)

1. A sailor on a small vessel (boat), particularly its captain.

   Synonyms: boatsman, boater

   Hypernyms: sailor; see also Thesaurus:sailor

   Near-synonym: boatkeeper

Derived terms

• Boatman
• boatmanship
• water boatman

Related terms

• boatbuilder
• boatowner

Translations

a man in charge of a small boat

• Armenian: մակույկավար (hy) (makuykavar), նավավար (hy) (navavar), նավարար (hy) (navarar)
• Bengali: মাল্লা (bn) (malla)
• Catalan: barquer m, barquera f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 船工 (zh) (chuángōng)

• Finnish: veneilijä (fi), venemies
• French: passeur (fr) m, batelier (fr) m
• Galician: barqueiro (gl) m
• Georgian: მენავე (menave)
• German: Ruderer (de) m
• Hebrew: סִירַאי (he) m (siray)
• Hindi: माँझी (hi) m (māñjhī)
• Hungarian: csónakos (hu)
• Indonesian: juru mudi (id)
• Irish: bádóir m
• Italian: barcaiolo (it) m, battelliere m
• Japanese: 船頭 (ja) (せんどう, sendō), 舟子 (しゅうし, shūshi)
• Javanese: wong belahan
• Ladino:

  Latin: barkero m

• Lao: ພົນເຮືອ (phon hư̄a)
• Macedonian: гемиџија m (gemidžija), чамџија m (čamdžija)
• Norman: bat'leux m (Jersey), batelyi m (Jersey)
• Portuguese: barqueiro (pt) m
• Romanian: barcagiu (ro) m, luntraș (ro) m
• Russian: ло́дочник (ru) m (lódočnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: fear-bàta m
• Serbo-Croatian: чамџија m, čamdžija (sh) m
• Spanish: barquero (es) m, balsero (es) m
• Tocharian B: olyitau
• Turkish: kayıkçı (tr)
• Venetan: barcarol m
• Vietnamese: sãi (vi)