boater
noun/ˈbəʊt.ə/UK/ˈboʊ.tɚ/US/ˈbɐʉt.ɘ/
Etymology
From Middle English botere; equivalent to boat + -er. The use of the term for a straw hat stems from the fact that straw hats were the preferred head covering during sunny boat trips on canals and rivers.
- inherited from botere
Definitions
Someone who travels by boat.
Synonym of boatman, particularly its captain.
A straw hat, very stiff, with a flat brim and crown.
- Technically, Melania Trump was in attendance, but she chose to make herself almost invisible. Her dark boater hat was worn so low that it threw her entire face into shadow, and made eye contact with cameras or guests impossible.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for boater. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA