rower
n.a person who moves a boat through the water using long wooden poles called oars.
n.an individual who propels a watercraft by means of oars. Often used to describe athletes participating in the sport of rowing.
“The rower pulls hard on the oars to move the boat.”
“Every morning at dawn, a lone rower glides across the lake as part of her training routine.”
“The lead rower maintained a steady rhythm, ensuring that the rest of the crew stayed perfectly synchronized during the final sprint of the race.”
From Middle English rower, rowere, roware, equivalent to row + -er. Cognate with Dutch roeier (“rower”), Danish roer (“rower”), Norwegian roer (“rower”). Compare also Old English rōwend (“rower”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.