Definitions for oarsmen

oarsmen oars·man

Spelling: [awrz-muh n, ohrz-]
IPA: /ˈɔrz mən, ˈoʊrz-/

Oarsmen is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 323 anagrams from letters in oarsmen (aemnors).

Definitions for oarsmen

noun

  1. a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.

Origin of oarsmen

First recorded in 1695-1705; oar + 's1 + -man

Examples for oarsmen

Neither may they imitate smiths or other artificers, or oarsmen, or boatswains, or the like?

And the two oarsmen pulled with all their might to get out as far as possible.

These are a spearman, who is also a captain, a pilot, and two oarsmen.

The boat was tossed fearfully by the waves as the oarsmen rowed it along.

He jumped upon the rail, and told the oarsmen that he was going to New Orleans.

The master of the Olenia had turned away and was about to give an order to his oarsmen.

The oarsmen stop, in hopes he will order the boat to return to shore.

An 1882 travel guide calls it “a good place for oarsmen and campers to picnic,” with a hotel called the White Cross.

So they took the place of the oarsmen in the black boat, and trailed the other behind.

The tribute was originally designed as a revenue source to pay the wages of the oarsmen who kept the Persians away.

Word Value for oarsmen
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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