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bandman

bandman is the alternative form of bandsman.

Meaning of bandsman

Noun

bandsman (plural bandsmen)

  1. A player in a musical band, especially a military or brass band.
    • If the reader finds a certain monotony in the words chosen by the translator I hope he will realize that the bandsman has to operate within the limits of his instrument.1973, Cecil Parrott, transl., The Good Soldier Švejk, London: William Heinemann, translation of original by Jaroslav Hašek, Translator's introduction, page xxi
  2. (historical) A labourer (loader) working with a band of men.

Forms of bandman

pluralbandmen

Questions about bandman

What is bandman the alternative form of?
Bandman is the alternative form of bandsman.

Words near bandman in the dictionary

  1. bandlimiting
  2. bandlimitness
  3. bandlimits
  4. bandlo
  5. bandlos
  6. bandman
  7. bandmaster
  8. bandmasters
  9. bandmate
  10. bandmates
  11. bandmember

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bandman (page history and authors); bandsman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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