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Hayley and her daughter, Frith, live in a cabin in Vermont’s Green Mountains to hide out from Frith’s father, a Louisiana boatman and dangerous addict.
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Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 14 Dec. 2025
What’s more, actions such as the disproportionate use of force through missiles launched at poor boatmen in the Caribbean violate international human rights treaties.
—Gustavo Petro, Time, 9 Nov. 2025
Ancona is one of the few boatmen who have a license to carry tourists into the reserve.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Two boatmen, rowing a wooden canoe, chased it a mile downstream.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
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Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 14 Dec. 2025
What’s more, actions such as the disproportionate use of force through missiles launched at poor boatmen in the Caribbean violate international human rights treaties.
—Gustavo Petro, Time, 9 Nov. 2025
Ancona is one of the few boatmen who have a license to carry tourists into the reserve.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Two boatmen, rowing a wooden canoe, chased it a mile downstream.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
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“Boatman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boatman. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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boatman
noun
boat·man
ˈbōt-mən 
: a person who manages, works on, or deals in boats
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