boater
4 synonyms for boater, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A person travelling by boat.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
skimmer
leghorn
Etymology
Comes from Middle English botere, equivalent to boat + -er. Its use for a straw hat stems from straw hats being the preferred head covering on sunny boat trips on canals and rivers.
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