leadman

English

Etymology

lead +‎ -man

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈliːdmən/

Noun

leadman (plural leadmen)

The male leader of a group of workers, who reports to a supervisor.
- a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:
  Such a light and metal'd dance / Saw you never yet in France / And by lead-men for the nones, / That turn round like grindlestones
(obsolete) One who leads a dance.

Translations

leader of group of workers

Finnish: ryhmänjohtaja (fi), kymppi (fi)

one who leads a dance

Finnish: viejä (fi)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for leadman in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Adelman, Ameland, Mandela, lademan

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