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boatman

[boht-muhn] / ˈboʊt mən /
NOUN
oarsman
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The track, The Shadowy Light, paired her unmistakable voice with a cross-cultural ensemble, its imagery of a boatman guiding a soul across unknown waters reflecting on death and the afterlife.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

"I'm an old boatman, I have experienced another four floods in the village. This was the worst," he told media.

From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2023

Levin Dukes, a boatman, built the house and was its first occupant.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023

Whenever he dropped a toy in the Nile, he said, a passing boatman would rescue it.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2022

The boatman plied his homemade nets not far from shore and brought in fat bream and tiger fish.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer