Oarsmen are the men that are rowing a boat. An example sentence would be: The oarsmen were rowing as fast as they could.
Wooden Galleys, less than 200 feet long, sometimes manned by captured Prisoners of War (termed slaves in Hollywood films). Galleys were powered by "Oarsmen"; one row of oarsmen was a Galley; two rows of oarsmen was a Bireme; and three rows of oarsmen was called a Trireme. Galley will probably be the easiest to remember.
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The earliest Greek warship was known as a Pentecounter, with fifty oarsmen. Then came the Bireme with 100 oarsmen. Lastly, the Trireme with 170 oarsmen.
The Romans used ships. They had triremes which had three rows of oarsmen and quinquiremes, which had five rows of oarsmen.
Gondoliers are oarsmen of the water taxi boats called "Gondolas" of the city of Venice. Thus they transport you round the canals of Venice.
Most of the dictionaries refer to an oarsman (oarsmen) as a person who rows, especially as a member of a team. However, one dictionary did provide the terms oarsman, oarswoman.
Oarsman- a man expert in rowing.
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The national team is called Team Canada.
The other team is called the receiving team. Very simple. The captains of both teams meet by the referee and the referee flips a coin. The team that called the right side gets to choose. The team that decides to receive is called the receiving team. The team that serves is called the serving team.