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Definition of Oarsmen
1. oarsman [n] - See also: oarsman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oarsmen
Literary usage of Oarsmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Pelides to his tents and well-bench'd barks Pass'd with his following and Menoetius'
Son ; But Agamemnon launch'd upon the deep 360 A galley, and of oarsmen ..."
2. Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry Into Its Laws and Consequences by Francis Galton (1891)
"oarsmen. 1 PROPOSE to supplement what I have written about brain by two short
chapters ... In respect to oarsmen, let me assure the reader that they are no ..."
3. Rowing by Rudolf Chambers Lehmann, Bertram Fletcher Robinson (1897)
"The discussion, which concerned itself mainly with oarsmen, is naturally of very
deep interest, not only to them, but to the fathers and mothers who are ..."
4. The Venetian Republic: Its Rise, Its Growth, and Its Fall 421-1797 by William Carew Hazlitt (1900)
"... Mercantile Marine—-Loans of ships to other States— Mediterranean and Gulf
Squadrons—oarsmen—Burial-place near Southampton —Letters of marque—Sovereignty ..."
5. The History of Mankind by Friedrich Ratzel (1898)
"oarsmen standing upright with paddles two yards long, half the length being made
up of the pointed blade. They ply with great boldness close above the ..."
6. Rowing and Track Athletics by Samuel Crowther, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1905)
"CHAPTER VII THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AMATEUR oarsmen THE tone and the spirit
of the great revival of aquatic sport that followed the Civil War was ..."
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