[ US /ˈɔɹzmən/ ]
[ UK /ˈɔːzmən/ ]
NOUN
  1. someone who rows a boat
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How To Use oarsman In A Sentence

  • This oiler, by a series of quick miracles, and fast and steady oarsmanship, turned the boat in the middle of the surf and took her safely to sea again. The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told
  • He was a serious cricketer and table tennis player, and in his youth a formidable oarsman. Times, Sunday Times
  • An oarsman in his youth, he was a member of the 1968 cadet eight who travelled the country competing.
  • At this point he became aware of another boat making down on him, manned by three juniors, who were making up in noise and splashing what they lacked in style and oarsmanship. The Willoughby Captains
  • An oarsman sprains his wrist: the carpenter concocts a soothing lotion. Moby Dick
  • We climb into our small rowing boat and the oarsman unties the ropes to cast off. EXTINCTION: Evolution and the End of Man
  • This oarsman says it took a bite out of his blade.
  • The last anyone heard of him he was an oarsman on an officer's barge.
  • Not to steer; for Hildebrand was much too accustomed an oarsman to need any such help in coasting the river for miles up and down. The Hills of the Shatemuc
  • He perfected his oarsmanship to the point where he qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team that competed in Barcelona, Spain, in 1996.
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