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bankman

bankman is the alternative form of banksman.

Meaning of banksman

Noun

banksman (plural banksmen)

  1. (UK) The person who directs the operation of a crane or larger vehicle from the point near where loads are attached and detached.
    • It was signalled forward by a banksman and as it passed him at low speed, the amber lights on the level crossing illuminated, […] The banksman was facing away from the crossing when signalling the lorry driver and did not notice the crossing's activation for about five seconds, […] After being...2020 January 2, “Safety procedures addressed after Essex level crossing near-miss”, in Rail, page 15
  2. Synonym of browman.
    Synonyms:
    browman

Proper noun capitalized: Bankman

Bankman (plural Bankmans)

  1. A surname.

Forms of bankman

Noun
pluralbankmen
Proper noun
pluralBankmans

Questions about bankman

What does bankman mean?
Bankman means a surname.
What is bankman the alternative form of?
Bankman is the alternative form of banksman.
What part of speech is bankman?
Bankman is a proper noun.

Words near bankman in the dictionary

  1. banklet
  2. banklets
  3. banklike
  4. bankline
  5. banklines
  6. bankman
  7. Bankmans
  8. bankmen
  9. banknote
  10. banknotes
  11. Banko

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bankman (page history and authors); Bankman (page history and authors); banksman (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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