WATERMAN


Meaning of WATERMAN in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷mən noun

( plural watermen )

Etymology: Middle English, from water + man

1. : one that works or lives on or is skilled in the ways of water or watercraft: as

a. : a boatman who plies for hire usually on inland waters or harbors

b. : a person who makes his living from the water (as by fishing, crabbing, or oystering)

c. : a sprite or demon inhabiting the water : merman

d. : a person skilled in boating especially as a sport ; often : oarsman

2. : one employed in connection with the distributing or supplying of water: as

a. : a worker who releases water through valves or sluices (as in waterworks or for irrigation)

b. : a worker who waters roads (as in a mine)

c. Britain : an attendant (as on a cabstand) who supplies water to the horses

d. : a worker who quenches coke with water for removal from the oven

e. : a worker who brings billet molds to filling temperature by spraying with hot or cold water

f. : an auto worker who puts water into radiators before cars are driven from the assembly line

3. : a worker who bales into cars water that has collected in a mine for hauling to the surface or who pumps such water to the surface

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