A boater is a type of hat. Look up boater in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boater may also refer to: Boater, one of the first disposable diapers Someone involved in boating Boaters, a term which refers to a pair of boat shoe This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Boater.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.