What does boater mean?

Definitions for boater
ˈboʊ tərboater

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, skimmer, straw hatnoun

    a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

  2. boatman, boater, watermannoun

    someone who drives or rides in a boat

Wiktionary

  1. boaternoun

    Someone who travels by boat

  2. boaternoun

    A straw hat

  3. Etymology: boat + -er

Wikipedia

  1. Boater

    A boater (also straw boater, basher, skimmer, The English Panama, cady, katie, canotier, somer, sennit hat, or in Japan, can-can hat, suruken) is a semi-formal summer hat for men, which was popularised in the late 19th century and early 20th century. It is normally made of stiff sennit straw and has a stiff flat crown and brim, typically with a solid or striped grosgrain ribbon around the crown. Boaters were derived from the canotier straw hat worn traditionally by gondoliers in the city of Venice. The Venetian canotier has a ribbon that hangs freely off the back, and they are frequently edged with a matching color ribbon. Because of this, boaters were identified with boating or sailing, hence the name. Boaters were also identified more with sporting events and universities as well. They were also worn by women, often with hatpins to keep them in place. Nowadays they are rarely seen except at sailing or rowing events, period-related theatrical and musical performances (e.g. barbershop music) or as part of old-fashioned school uniforms. Since 1952, the straw boater hat has been part of the uniform of the Princeton University Band, notably featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated Magazine in October 1955. Recently, soft, thin straw hats with the approximate shape of a boater have been in fashion among women. The boater is a semi-formal hat, equivalent in formality to the Homburg. As such, it is correctly worn either in its original setting with a blazer, or in the same situations as a Homburg, such as a smart lounge suit, or with black tie. John Jacob Astor IV was known for wearing such hats. Actors Harold Lloyd and Maurice Chevalier were also famous for their trademark boater hats. Inexpensive foam or plastic boaters are sometimes seen at political rallies in the United States.In the United Kingdom, Australia, and South Africa the boater is still a part of the school uniform in some very prestigious boys' schools, such as at Harrow School, Uppingham School, Shore School, Brisbane Boys' College, Knox Grammar School, Maritzburg College, South African College School, St John's College, Wynberg Boys' High School, Parktown Boys' High School and numerous Christian Brothers schools. The boater may also be seen worn by the "carreiros" of Madeira, the drivers of the traditional wicker toboggans carrying visitors from the parish church at Monte down towards Funchal centre. Coco Chanel was fond of wearing boaters and made them fashionable among women during the early 20th century.Boater hats of the late 19th century fin de siècle until World War I usually had wider brims than those afterwards. The narrower style that came into fashion following WWI was specifically known in Germany by the colloquial term Kreissäge ("circular saw"), whereas the official German term for it was (Florentiner) Strohhut ("(Florentine) straw hat").

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  1. boater

    A boater is either a person who navigates or travels on a boat for leisure or sport, or a type of flat-brimmed and flat-topped straw hat often worn for boating or formal summer events.

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  1. Boater

    A boater is a kind of men's formal summer hat. It is normally made of stiff sennit straw and has a stiff flat crown and brim, typically with a solid or striped grosgrain ribbon around the crown. Boaters were popular as casual summer headgear in the late 19th century and early 20th century, especially for boating or sailing, hence the name. They were supposedly worn by FBI agents as a sort of unofficial uniform in the pre-war years. It was also worn by women as well, often with hatpins to keep it in place. Nowadays they are rarely seen except at sailing or rowing events, period theatrical and musical performances or as part of old-fashioned school uniform, such as at Harrow School. Since 1952, the straw boater hat has been part of the uniform of the Princeton University Band, notably featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated Magazine in October, 1955. Recently, soft, thin straw hats with the approximate shape of a boater have been in fashion among women. Inexpensive foam or plastic skimmers are sometimes seen at political rallies in the United States. In Australia, New Zealand and South Africa the boater is still a common part of the school uniform in many boys schools, such as Shore School, Brisbane Boys' College, Knox Grammar School, Maritzburg College, South African College School, St John's College, Wynberg Boys' High School and numerous Christian Brothers schools.

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  1. borate

  2. rebato

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of boater in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of boater in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of boater in a Sentence

  1. Brian Greenspan:

    It's our position that Mrs. O'Leary, who is a cautious and experienced boater came into contact with a boat that simply couldn't be seen.

  2. Massachusetts State Police:

    Two other family members, who presumably entered [the] water to try to save [the] boy, were rescued by a boater.

  3. Patrick Rose:

    It all comes with people understanding that [boaters]can play a part above what theyre required to do by joining in, caring, slowing their boat down, being more civil to their fellow boater, paying attention on the waterway and sharing the waterway.

  4. Boston Harbor:

    An inter-agency search [ is ] on going for a report of a missing boater.

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