boatie

noun

boat·​ie ˈbō-tē 

plural boaties

chiefly Australia and New Zealand

: a recreational boater

The pair were rescued by a boatie out fishing and towed about 8km to the Darwin Ski Club.

—Courier Mail (Australia), 11 Jan. 2012

It is also likely that lives would have been lost as boaties tried to steer pleasure craft through the treacherous breach entrance.

—Warren Judd, New Zealand Geographic, July/August 2003

Word History

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

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