steamboatman en · NOUN
Etymology
From steamboat + -man.
Meanings
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A person employed in the steamboat industry, especially one working on a steamboat.
When I was a boy, there was but one permanent ambition among my comrades in our village on the west bank of the Mississippi River. That was, to be a steamboatman.
1870, Mark Twain, chapter 4, in Life on the Mississippi:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| steamboatmen | Number=Plur | lexicographic |