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- noun Plural form of
oarsman .
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Examples
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Following the belfry will be Gloriana, an 88ft Viking-style gilded boat, rowed by 18 oarsmen, which is under construction and will be presented to the Queen as a gift for her Diamond Jubilee.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Roya Nikkhah 2012
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The pageantry is designed to live up to the hype: A floating bell tower composed of eight giant bells, each named for a member of the royal family, will lead the way along with Gloriana, a gilded rowbarge powered by 18 oarsmen, which is currently under construction.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Elizabeth Renzetti 2012
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The ideas, the horizon, and the capabilities of your oarsmen are your responsibility to monitor, but it's not enough just to monitor them.
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The ideas, the horizon, and the capabilities of your oarsmen are your responsibility to monitor, but it's not enough just to monitor them.
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* Athens employed 30,000 rowers who could all exceed the achievements of modern oarsmen.
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The same principle is probably responsible for the remarkable speed and endurance of the Greek oarsmen.
Peter McAllister: Manthropology: The Science Of The Inadequate Modern Male Peter McAllister 2011
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The ships had oars as well as sails, and the oarsmen rowed furiously while archers lined the rails.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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That's because everybody in ancient Greece, not just oarsmen, lived tough lives, featuring lots of strenuous exercise.
Peter McAllister: Manthropology: The Science Of The Inadequate Modern Male Peter McAllister 2011
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In later centuries, sailing ships were built with a proportion of 4:1, but this extra length was to make room for oarsmen, who had to row if there was insufficient wind.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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But this extreme length was to make room for as many oarsmen as possible in order to be able to move quickly and to sink the enemy with battering rams.3
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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