boatmate

Etymology

From boat + -mate.

boatmate means someone with whom one shares a boat, or with whom one works on a boat. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

Someone with whom one shares a boat, or with whom one works on a boat.“"It was of no use for him to prate about injustice." He smiled around and then closed up his mouth for the rest of the voyage, leaving his boat-mates with much to think about.”