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Definition of Shantyman
1. Noun. (nautical music) The sailor who sings the main line of a sea shanty (the other sailors singing the responses or choruses) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shantyman
1. [n SHANTYMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shantyman
Literary usage of Shantyman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the Canadian Forestry Association by Canadian Forestry Association (1900)
"Until very recently, particularly in the lower St. Lawrence, the fare of the
shantyman was very primitive, the commonest tea being quite a luxury, ..."
2. Canada in the Twentieth Century by Arthur Granville Bradley (1905)
"The shantyman must, at any rate, have the character of being ready for a ...
It is only the Scotch or English shantyman that gets into scrapes when quite ..."
3. Shanty, Forest and River Life in the Backwoods of Canada by Joshua Fraser (1883)
"In fact, in numberless cases, the Quebec experience, both on the part of the
shantyman and his despoilers, is here re-enacted. ..."
4. On Board the "Rocket". by Robert Chamblet Adams (1879)
"Great latitude is allowed in the words and the shantyman exercises his own discretion.
... A good shantyman is highly prized, both by officers and ..."
5. Naval Songs: A Collection of Original, Selected, and Traditional Sea Songs (1883)
"She figures in several of these songs ; one has as its chorus, ' shantyman and
Sally Brown/ but it is used more frequently, I think, in connection with the ..."
6. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1906)
"3, 4, 5 are of a shantyman (unvaccinated) in whom the disease ran a very severe
course, ... The patient 11 and 12 was a shantyman, (unvaccinated), ..."
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