ROWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rower mean? 

• ROWER (noun)
  The noun ROWER has 1 sense:

1. someone who rows a boat

  Familiarity information: ROWER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who rows a boat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

oarsman; rower

Hypernyms ("rower" is a kind of...):

boater; boatman; waterman (someone who drives or rides in a boat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rower"):

oarswoman (a woman oarsman)

sculler (someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward))

stroke (the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew)

Derivation:

row (propel with oars)

 Context examples 

They were some miles out when we first saw them, but they shot forward with great swiftness, and were soon so near that the rowers could distinguish our persons.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Meg, in the other boat, was delightfully situated, face to face with the rowers, who both admired the prospect and feathered their oars with uncommon 'skill and dexterity'.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

In the last boat which left the shore the two commanders sat together in the sheets, a strange contrast to one another, while under the feet of the rowers was a litter of huge stones which Sir Nigel had ordered to be carried to the cog.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)