gondolier:
(also ‘gondoliere‘; plural: ‘gondoliers‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘g’ in this word rhymes with the letter ‘g’ in the word “garden”)
‘gondola’ = a kind of boat used in Vienna, Austria in Europe
a person who rides/drives/propels a gondola,
a gondola and a gondolier
e.g.
The gondolier who took us on our gondola tour of the Venetian canals some years ago still sends us season’s greetings and some other photos of the celebrities he has rowed on his gondola.
The gondoliers not only rows the gondolas but also sing some popular cultural songs for the tourists that hire them.
Like in every other male-dominated professional association, the association of gondoliers in Venice, Rome, has accepted female gondoliers in it, breaking a nine hundred years tradition!
For an article that explains what a gondola and a gondolier are, please click here & please click here, if you want to become a gondolier, please click here, for a news article about gondoliers and their songs, please click here and for an item of news about the first female gondolier, please click here.
