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boatwright

n. A maker of boats, especially of traditional wooden construction.

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Boatwright

Boatwright is a surname of English origin, meaning boat builder. The name refers to:

  • Daniel E. Boatwright (born 1930), American politician from California; state legislator 1973–80
  • Danni Boatwright (born 1975), American beauty queen and model
  • Frederic W. Boatwright (1868-1951), American college president
  • Helen Boatwright (1916-2010), American soprano who specialized in the performance of American song
  • Jim Boatwright (1951-2013), American basketball player
  • John B. Boatwright (1881-1965), Virginia lawyer and legislator
  • McHenry Boatwright (1928-1994), American operatic bass-baritone and singing teacher
  • Peter Boatwright, American non-fiction writer and an Associate Professor of Marketing at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University
  • Todd Boatwright (born 1965), American television news anchor of News 8 Austin's weekday morning news
Fictional
  • August, June and May Boatwright, fictional three sisters of the Sue Monk Kidd's novel The Secret Life of Bees

Usage examples of "boatwright".

If pushed on the subject he would have had to throw in with Boatwright about it, though.

He reached for two cheroots, gave one to Boatwright, and shared a match with the man.

The men who spoke with Boatwright had introduced themselves as reporters.

Two men, Longarm noticed, who pretty much fit the description that John Boatwright had given him for the two men who claimed to be newspaper reporters.

Mister Boatwright I told you before when I saw him in there walking across the.

There was only a platoon of boatwrights at East Gate, but they were our best boatwrights, and they had plenty of eager if unskilled help.

Plenty of seasoned lumber was available, and the boatwrights were sure that we could replace our war losses by late fall.

East Gate was now manned by a company of regulars, most of whom worked as boatwrights and the rest as mule skinners on the railroad.

He'd ordered a similar craft made upstream, finding use at last for the six boatwrights from the Faolain who were among his soldiers.

He’d ordered a similar craft made upstream, finding use at last for the six boatwrights from the Faolain who were among his soldiers.