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raftsman

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill; a rafter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who travels by raft

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: raftman, rafter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: traveler, traveller

History

Etymology

From raft + -s- + -man.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: raier — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • Catalan: raiera — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • Czech: raftař — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • Czech: vorař — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • Dutch: vlotter — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • Finnish: tukinuittaja — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • Finnish: uittomies — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • French: flotteur — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • French: draveur — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • German: Flößer — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • Latvian: plostnieks — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • Mongolian: усчин (usčin) — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • Polish: flisak — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • Polish: oryl — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • Portuguese: jangadeiro — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • Romanian: plutaș — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • Spanish: almadiero — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • Spanish: ganchero — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • Swedish: timmerflottare — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • Turkish: salcı — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill
  • Ottoman Turkish: صالجی (salcı) — person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill