English Dictionary

waterman

noun

(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.

The waterman guided the ship safely through the storm.

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.