: a person and especially a fisherman who lives or works on or about a bay
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Her ancestors arrived in the region in the 1600s, and her father, grandfather, and great-grandfather -- tracing all the way back -- were baymen.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 May 2024
Fish stands thrived, said Dale Parsons, a fifth-generation bayman, who runs Parsons Seafood, a company based in Tuckerton, N.J., that grows clams and oysters and participated in the Pew buyback.
—New York Times, 12 June 2021
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 May 2024
Fish stands thrived, said Dale Parsons, a fifth-generation bayman, who runs Parsons Seafood, a company based in Tuckerton, N.J., that grows clams and oysters and participated in the Pew buyback.
—New York Times, 12 June 2021
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“Bayman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bayman. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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