boatman, boater, waterman
(noun) someone who drives or rides in a boat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
waterman (plural watermen)
(obsolete) A seaman, a sailor.
A man who lives or works on the water; a boatman.
Someone who distributes or supplies water for a living; a water-carrier.
(dated) Specifically, an attendant on cab stands who supplies water to the horses.
(surfing) A man skilled in multiple aquatic sports disciplines, such as surfing, bodysurfing, undersea diving, canoe paddling, fishing, etc.
• Describing someone as a waterman is the highest honour in the surfing community, reserved for those with long-standing and indisputably significant all-round achievements.
Waterman
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Wa"ter*man, n.; pl. Watermen (.
1. A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman.
2. An attendant on cab stands, etc., who supplies water to the horses. [Eng.] Dickens.
3. A water demon. Tylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
