Meaning

(dated) A member (especially male) of a board (governing body)..

Definitions by Sense

1. (dated) A member (especially male) of a board (governing body).
2. A surfer.
3. A record producer; one who works a mixing board.
4. (dated) A high diver.
5. (basketball) A basketball player who excels at rebounds.
6. (nautical) A sailor on a smack whose job is to bait and shoot the lines
7. (nautical) One who rides on the boards of a log canoe in order to balance it.
8. (dated) One who wears a sandwich board.

Example Sentences

In certain instances we were estranged from denominational boardsmen by their sensitivity to professional prerogative.

The members elected for the consolidated school system were often boardsmen from the parent school systems.

The youngest Ohio boardsman, John (Scott) Francis, 18, is a warehouse billing clerk.

Beyond their obvious role in selecting architects and shaping the appearance of the campus along the lines of their businesses, Philadelphia boardsmen, whose resources were tied up in their industries, took a different course from the capitalists of New York in running and funding the university.

The first Endless Summer was partially a surfing documentary and partially a travelog, but it was organized around the quest for the perfect beach, which the intrepid boardsmen finally found at the film's end.

Only the missing boardsman, Sam Meyers, had a real job. How did these young men fund their passion? Surfing in Acapulco costs money.

We found Viri and his friend Miki Aikau, a legendary boardsman, waiting for us on the beach.

Brooklyn's THE BAD SEED getsa potentially dangerous production assist from Virginia boardsman Nottz, who resuscitates the Depression-era chorus technique he laced Busta Rhymes with on "Get Out!!"

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