English
strokeman
From stroke + -man.
Formed from stroke + -man
Proto-Indo-European *streyg- ‘to rub, stroke’
Proto-Germanic *straikaz
Proto-West Germanic *straik ‘stroke, line, dash’
Old English strāc
Middle English strok ‘blow from a weapon, cut’
English stroke
Today it means
noun The stroke; the rower closest to the stern of the boat.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “strokeman”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / strokeman