gondolier
pronunciation
How to pronounce gondolier in British English:
UK [ˌgɒndəˈlɪə(r)]
How to pronounce gondolier in American English:
US [ˌgɑndəˈlɪr]
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- Noun:
- a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola
Word Origin
- gondolier (n.)
- c. 1600, from French gondolier and directly from Italian gondoliere, agent noun from gondola (see gondola).
Example
- 1. Gondolier at sea by night , 1843 .
- 2. That gondolier is a bad character .
- 3. When seindal shouts " follow that gondola " we hot-tail it after giorgia boscolo , the first female gondolier in 900 years , before attempting a three-point turn in san polo and casually passing in front of an enormous car ferry on the giudecca canal .