单词 | steamboatman |
释义 | > as lemmassteamboatman steamboatman n. U.S. a person who works on a steamboat, esp. a steamboat owner or captain. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > sailor on steamboat or powerboat steamboatman1875 powerboater1912 1875 ‘M. Twain’ in Atlantic Monthly Jan. 69/1 When I was a boy, there was but one permanent ambition among my comrades... That was, to be a steamboatman. 1910 D. W. Bone Brassbounder 251 Sailormen walk fore and aft; steamboat men, athwart. 1929 G. L. Eskew Pageant of Packets ii. 101 All the steamboatmen when in New Orleans did their banking at the Banque des Citoyens. < as lemmas |
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