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gondolier
[ gon-dl-eer ]
noun
- a person who rows or poles a gondola.
gondolier
/ ˌɡɒndəˈlɪə /
noun
- a man who propels a gondola
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gondolier1
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Example Sentences
The gondolier whom I had sent to her apartment brought me for answer that she had set off, the evening before, for Florence.
It was from a dream of this description that he was one morning awakened by his faithful gondolier Jacopo.
I do nod know any nah-ice gondolier—zey are oal—I dell you, if you lif viz zem ade mons as me, you cot your troat—yes!
The gondolier, as the man who rows the gondola is called, took Marco wherever he wished to go.
That is all, except the clown, who is our gondolier, and the five musicians up in the gallery; can you see them from here?
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