boatman(n = noun.person) boater, waterman - someone who drives or rides in a boat;
is a kind of worker
has particulars: canoeist, paddler, ferryman, gondolier, gondoliere, oarsman, rower, punter
Derived form noun boatmanship₁

1.  A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat. [1913 Webster]
"As late the boatman hies him home." [1913 Webster]

2.  A boat bug. See Boat bug. [1913 Webster]

boatman, n. (pl. -men) a person who hires out boats or provides transport by boat.

N  sailor, mariner, navigator, seaman, seafarer, seafaring man, dock walloper, tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A, B, man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy, skipper, shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman, bargee, gondolier, oar, oarsman, rower, boatswain, cockswain, coxswain, steersman, pilot, crew, aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus, aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew, astronaut, cosmonaut, parachutist, paratrooper.

water boatman