Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

steamboatman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: steam-boat-man
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person employed in the steamboat industry, especially one working on a steamboat.

Example Sentences

"When I was a boy, there was but one permanent ambition among my comrades in our village on the west bank of the Mississippi River. That was, to be a steamboatman."

Etymology

From steamboat + -man.

Inflected Forms

steamboatmen (plural)

Questions

What does steamboatman mean?: A person employed in the steamboat industry, especially one working on a steamboat.
Where does steamboatman come from?: From steamboat + -man.

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