gondolier
noun/ˌɡɒndəˈlɪə(r)/
/ˌɡɑːndəˈlɪr/
- a person whose job is to move and control the direction of a gondola in VeniceWord Originearly 17th cent.: via French from Italian gondoliere, from gondola, from Rhaeto-Romance gondolà ‘to rock, roll’.
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