OARSMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oarsman mean? 

• OARSMAN (noun)
  The noun OARSMAN has 1 sense:

1. someone who rows a boat

  Familiarity information: OARSMAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OARSMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who rows a boat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

oarsman; rower

Hypernyms ("oarsman" is a kind of...):

boater; boatman; waterman (someone who drives or rides in a boat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oarsman"):

oarswoman (a woman oarsman)

sculler (someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward))

stroke (the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew)

Derivation:

oarsmanship (skill as an oarsman)