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boardman

boardman noun: a person who wears a sandwich board.

Noun

boardman (plural boardmen)

  1. A person who wears a sandwich board.
    • There is perhaps no more heterogeneous set in existence than the London boardmen. Unlike many other street trades, this business is not followed by a special tribe.1877, Street Life in London

Proper noun capitalized: Boardman

Boardman (countable and uncountable, plural Boardmans)

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida.
  3. A township in Clayton County, Iowa.
  4. A township in Kalkaska County, Michigan.
  5. A town in Columbus County, North Carolina.
  6. A township and census-designated place therein, in Mahoning County, Ohio.
  7. A city in Morrow County, Oregon.
  8. An unincorporated community in Richmond, St. Croix County, Wisconsin.

Forms of boardman

Noun
pluralboardmen
Proper noun
pluralBoardmans

Words formed from boardman

Questions about boardman

What does boardman mean?
Boardman means a person who wears a sandwich board.
What part of speech is boardman?
Boardman can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of boardman?
The plural of boardman is boardmen.

Words near boardman in the dictionary

  1. boardinghouse reaches
  2. boardinghouses
  3. boardings
  4. boardless
  5. boardlike
  6. boardman
  7. Boardmans
  8. boardmanship
  9. boardmanships
  10. boardmen
  11. boardrider

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