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BOATMANSHIP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boatmanship mean?
• BOATMANSHIP (noun)
The noun BOATMANSHIP has 1 sense:
1. skill in handling boats
Familiarity information: BOATMANSHIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Skill in handling boats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("boatmanship" is a kind of...):
seamanship (skill in sailing)
Derivation:
boatman (someone who drives or rides in a boat)
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