riverboat captain
Waterway ship pilot
A riverboat captain commands a vessel navigating inland waterways—rivers, lakes, and canals.
The term evokes 19th-century American steamboats on the Mississippi, where captains like those Mark Twain wrote about held considerable authority and local celebrity.
Modern riverboat captains pilot everything from cargo barges to casino boats and tourist cruises: The riverboat captain guided us through the delta.
- steamboatEngine-powered watercraft
- paddle wheelRotating blades for propulsion
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- MississippiSouthern state or major river
- paddleFlat-bladed water tool
wheel · steam whistle · Mark Twain · tall tales · helm · navigation · barge · deck · whistle · cargo hold · current · downstream · levee · port · port of call · starboard · tugboat · ferry
- Captainsskipper, Blackbeard, Ahab, Kirk, Nemo
- marinersskipper, helmsman, navigator, sailor, mariner
- waterway workersbargeman, ferryman, deckhand, gondolier, lockmaster
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- steamboatssteamboat, riverboat, paddle wheel, paddlewheel, paddleboat
riverboat captaindeckhand
Ship's manual laborer
cabin boy · stevedore · dock worker · boatswain · swabbie
riverboat captaintrain conductor
Railroad passenger attendant
railroad engineer · stagecoach driver · wagon master · caravan leader · teamster
river, boat, captain, rivers, captains, riverine, riverside, riverbed, riverbank