Definition of "lobsterman" []

• A man whose occupation is catching lobsters. (noun)
• A ship used in locating and catching lobsters. (noun)

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• "Specially that of one Alan Budney, disaffected son of a lobsterman, now a drug kingpin, who uses the closed, clannish lobster fishing community and his extended family in particular, to move drugs along the New England coast."
• "Throughout this process I kept making jokes about health reform being amended to include a lobsterman bailout to get Senators Collins & Snowe to sign on, and I really thought something like that would work."
• ""The board needs to confront the reality of destroying the fishery to save the lobsters," said Bill McElroy, a Rhode Island lobsterman and board member."