lobsterman
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- noun
- /ˈlɑːbstərˌmæn/
- US
:
pescador de langostas
- He'll quit high school and be a lobsterman like his father and grandfather before him.
- Maine lobsterman
- lobsterman on the island
- an old lobsterman
Examples
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Rusty Court, a lobsterman in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, is certainly not worried.
Academic text (2000) -
Rosa's first boyfriend was Troy Busby, junior lobsterman and son of Liddy and Lou Busby, bartenders at the Whale's Spout.
Fiction book (2000) -
A lobsterman in his boat is approaching the dock.
Fiction book (1999) -
Initially, each lobsterman had 600 pots and lifted half each day.
Academic text (1990) -
Mr. Bates, a lobsterman by trade, was a distant cousin.
Fiction book (2000) -
Angus was the toughest, most aggressive lobsterman on the island.
Fiction book (2000) -
There was seldom a boat in the cove, except for the lobsterman who sputtered in a couple of times a week in an outboard-motor work skiff.
Fiction book (2001) -
He'll quit high school and be a lobsterman like his father and grandfather before him.
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Angus was the toughest, most aggressive lobsterman on the island.
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Donny McVain is a third-generation lobsterman who lives in the house his grandparents built on the water.
Synonyms
A woman who catches lobsters
A person who catches lobsters for sale
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lobsterman is simply lobster + man, so it means a person who catches lobsters. The word lobster comes from an older word that also meant 'locust' or 'large shellfish', which helps explain why lobsterman is literally a 'lobster man'.