Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- noun Nautical An oyster-dredging vessel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man engaged in rearing, taking, or selling oysters; an oysterer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
cultivates ,harvests orsells oysters - noun nautical A
boat used todredge for oysters
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Examples
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Rudy Toler, 30, a shrimper and oysterman from Gulfport, Miss., called the payment disgusting.
Out Of 91,000 Gulf Oil Spill Claims, Only 1 Final Payment Issued AP 2011
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Rudy Toler, 30, a shrimper and oysterman from Gulfport, Miss., called the payment disgusting.
Out Of 91,000 Gulf Oil Spill Claims, Only 1 Final Payment Issued AP 2011
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It's been a rough stretch of years for the Louisiana oysterman, who has weathered giant storms (Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Gustav), a giant spill (BP's Macondo well blow-out), and market chills as demand for Louisiana seafood has fallen off.
Man and Nature vs. Louisiana's Oystermen Douglas McCollam 2011
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—Greg Voisin, an eighth-generation oysterman, didn't like what he saw when he surveyed the rising water from his boat in a bayou here.
Oystermen Scrape Bottom Mike Esterl 2011
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Technically the water bottoms are owned by the state and only leased out, but I wouldn't suggest saying that too loudly around a Louisiana oysterman.
Man and Nature vs. Louisiana's Oystermen Douglas McCollam 2011
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It's a joke, says Campo, a third-generation oysterman.
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Everybody who does this job has an epiphany moment, says Brett Bishop, the fifth generation of his family to work the Little Skookum inlet, an oysterman in arguably America's greatest oyster grounds, Washington's South Puget Sound.
The American Oyster Paradise Richard Nalley 2010
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BP, with all its resources, and its ability to make money hand over fist, can come back, but a small-businesswoman or an oysterman who has lost a year's worth of customers and income cannot.
Nan Aron: Will There Be Crude Justice or True Justice For Oil Spill Victims? Nan Aron 2010
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It's a joke, says Campo, a third-generation oysterman.
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More than 90% of its fishing boats were damaged, including three belonging to oysterman Tadakiyo Kudo.
Japan's Way Back Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011
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