Meaning of Waterman | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A seaman, a sailor.
   obsolete
2. An occupational surname.
   countable, uncountable
3. A man who lives or works on the water; a boatman.
4. A place in the United States:
   countable, uncountable
5. A village in DeKalb County, Illinois.
   countable, uncountable
6. Someone who distributes or supplies water for a living; a water-carrier.
7. A ghost town in Wheeler County, Oregon.
   countable, uncountable
8. Specifically, an attendant on cab stands who supplies water to the horses.
   dated
9. An unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington.
   countable, uncountable
10. A man skilled in multiple aquatic sports disciplines, such as surfing, bodysurfing, undersea diving, canoe paddling, fishing, etc.

Equivalents

Examples

“An elderly sheik shared this little ceremony with us, and afterwards benignly gave the waterman a coin and made him spurt scented water on his face and beard.”

“‘Here you are, sir,’ shouted a strange specimen of the human race, in a sackcloth coat, and apron of the same, who, with a brass label and number round his neck, looked as if he were catalogued in some collection of rarities. This was the waterman.”

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