GONDOLIER


Meaning of GONDOLIER in English

/ ˌgɒndəˈlɪə(r); NAmE ˌgɑːndəˈlɪr/ noun

a person whose job is to move and steer a gondola in Venice

—picture at gondola

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent.: via French from Italian gondoliere , from gondola , from Rhaeto-Romance gondolà to rock, roll.

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