Converse of object

• become: Redgrave had the experience and the big-race cool; Pinsent had become the strongest oarsman in Britain, perhaps the world.

• use: The oarsman used to be bare-footed and their feet were hard and cracked.

• train: I gather the boat club objects to other craft using their own stretch of river where they train oarsman.

Adjective modifier

• keen: A keen oarsman, Andy rows for a club in Bath.

• international: An international oarsman, he was also a notable gardener.

• good: I'd say he is the second best bow side oarsman around.

• young: One of the youngest winning oarsman ever was Matthew Smith, 18 years - Oxford 2000.

Noun used with modifier

• schoolboy: The Lent Term began very promisingly, with the second schoolboy oarsman joining his colleague who had rowed in the Fairbairns ' .

• champion: John B Kelly Jr. grew into a champion oarsman also. but even greater fame befell his daughter.

• expert: The whole process was highly dangerous and the crew, each one an expert oarsman, risked their lives to save those of others.

• stroke: The matrix provides an overall ranking for bow and stroke side oarsmen and is as good as any system of crew selection.

• novice: With four of the crew still novice oarsmen and another still eligible to row under 16 this was a good performance.

• sweep: However, international sweep oarsmen and women may scull as novices until they have won or otherwise qualified as above, and vise versa.