Definition of boater | Bee Dictionary of English

Fred Astaire may be God's best human design for a serious hat (or for something more problematic, like the straw boater).
This will have been the last year where the only costumes you see are one guy wearing a straw boater and a middle-aged drag queen dressed as a cheerleader in cowboy boots.
And the most enthusiastic and skilled swift-boater so far--George Bush the Elder, who built his campaign against Michael Dukakis around the Pledge of Allegiance and a furloughed .

Boater rescued while swimming in Iowa lake
A boater was rescued from Clear Lake after he grew exhausted while swimming to his children.
June 17, 2013 - KTIV Sioux City
Boater rescued while swimming in Clear Lake
A boater was rescued from Clear Lake after he grew exhausted while swimming to his children.
June 16, 2013 - The Des Moines Register
Boater rescued from Clear Lake
CLEAR LAKE, Iowa --- A boater was rescued from Clear Lake after becoming exhausted swimming to his children who were tubing behind the boat early Saturday evening.
June 16, 2013 - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

Harry Benson in AFP
I turned around and there was a girl with a straw boater on and she screamed. And there was Bobby, just falling to the floor in slow motion,Benson recalled. "And I remember thinking 'This is what you came in the business for. Don't fail....
Larry Moore in Roanoke Times
The boater was clearly exhausted from trying to right the sailboat and was bleeding from a deep gash on his leg,Moore reported. "The Merewolf crew tossed a line to the boater who attached it to the turtled sailboat. After bringing the...
David Zimmer in NorthernLife.ca
No family should have to endure the loss of a loved one due to an impaired boater,said Zimmer. "This bill is about giving law enforcement authorities the tools to effectively address this problem."

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