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Definition of gondolier noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gondolier

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