lifeboatman

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English

Etymology

From lifeboat +‎ -man.

Noun

lifeboatman (plural lifeboatmen)

  1. A man who crews a lifeboat.
    • 1940 December, “The Spurn Head Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 655, photo caption:
      Sail-propelled trolley used by lifeboatmen for traversing the Spurn Head Railway. This view was taken in March, 1930

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