noun
Meaning 1
Someone who travels by boat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
boater
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈbəʊt.ə/
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US: /ˈboʊ.tɚ/
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New-Zealand: /ˈbɐʉt.ɘ/
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rhymes with -əʊtə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
Synonym of boatman, particularly its captain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boatman, particularly its captain
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A straw hat, very stiff, with a flat brim and crown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, clothing, fashion, lifestyle, manufacturing, textiles
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leghorn, basher, skimmer, Panama
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, skimmer, straw hat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hat, chapeau, lid
noun
Meaning 5
someone who drives or rides in a boat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boatman, waterman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: worker
Narrower terms: canoeist, paddler, ferryman, gondolier, gondoliere, oarsman, rower, punter
History
Etymology
From Middle English botere; equivalent to boat + -er. The use of the term for a straw hat stems from the fact that straw hats were the preferred head covering during sunny boat trips on canals and rivers.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: veneilijä — someone who travels by boat
- German: Bootsfahrer — someone who travels by boat
- Irish: bádóir — someone who travels by boat
- Chinese Mandarin: 硬草帽 (yìngcǎomào) — straw hat
- Chinese Mandarin: 船工帽 — straw hat
- French: canotier — straw hat
- German: Kreissäge — straw hat
- German: steifer Strohhut — straw hat
- Irish: hata bádóra — straw hat
- Italian: paglietta — straw hat
- Japanese: カンカン帽 (kankan-bō) — straw hat
- Portuguese: chapéu-palheta — straw hat
- Portuguese: palheta — straw hat
- Portuguese: palhinha — straw hat
- Russian: канотье́ (kanotʹjé) — straw hat
- Spanish: canotier — straw hat