A frogman is someone whose job involves diving and working underwater, especially in order to mend or search for something. Frogmen wear special rubber suits and shoes, and carry equipment to help them to breathe underwater.
frogman in British English
(ˈfrɒɡmən)
nounWord forms: plural-men
a swimmer equipped with a rubber suit, flippers, and breathing equipment for working underwater
frogman in American English
(ˈfrɔgˌmæn)
nounWord forms: pluralˈfrogˌmen (ˈfrɔgˌmɛn)
a person trained and equipped, as with a rubber suit and scuba apparatus, for underwater demolition, exploration, etc.
Examples of 'frogman' in a sentence
frogman
The first bulky frogman flapped into the water, less elegant than the geese.
Thomas, Craig THE LAST RAVEN (1989)
The second frogman waddled towards the farther side of the sandbank --
Thomas, Craig THE LAST RAVEN (1989)
It was the story of `Buster" Crabbe, a naval frogman who had been spying on a Russian battleship moored in Portsmouth harbour.