Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Boatman

/bōt'-mən/ · Boat·man · IPA /bˈoʊtmən/

01 n. A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat.

pl. Boatmen

1.
A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat.
“As late the boatman hies him home.” — Percival.
2.
A boat bug. See Boat bug.(Zool.) See: Boat bug