English Dictionary

waterman

名詞

廃用 古風

(obsolete) A seaman, a sailor. / A man who lives or works on the water; a boatman. / Someone who distributes or supplies water for a living; a water-carrier.

日本語の意味

（古語）船乗り、船員 / 水上に住む・働く人、船頭 / 水を供給・運搬する職業の人（水運び人）

The old waterman told tales of storms and distant shores to anyone who would listen.

年老いた船乗りは、嵐や遠い海岸の話を聞く人なら誰にでも語った。

意味（1）

(obsolete) A seaman, a sailor.

意味（2）

A man who lives or works on the water; a boatman.

意味（3）

Someone who distributes or supplies water for a living; a water-carrier.

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.

意味（4）

(dated) Specifically, an attendant on cab stands who supplies water to the horses.

‘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.

意味（5）

(surfing) A man skilled in multiple aquatic sports disciplines, such as surfing, bodysurfing, undersea diving, canoe paddling, fishing, etc.

watermen （ plural ）