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a person who drives a boat forward by means of oars
- "All oars ho!" the boatswain ordered
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“Oar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oar. Accessed 4 Mar. 2021.
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The first known use of oar was before the 12th century
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