noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The sailor who sings the main line of a sea shanty (the other sailors singing the responses or choruses)
2. 2
   A lumberjack Canada

Synonyms

All synonyms

chanteymanchanteymanloggerlumberjack

Etymology

From shanty + -man.

Related phrases

sea shanty

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