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chainman

chainman noun: one who uses a chain or measuring tape.

Noun

chainman (plural chainmen)

  1. One who uses a chain or measuring tape.
    • It was the chainman's job to drag the twenty-two-yard chain with its hundred links with which the world was measured.2023, Richard Flanagan, Question 7, Knopf, page 8

Forms of chainman

pluralchainmen

Origin of chainman

From chain + -man.

Questions about chainman

What does chainman mean?
Chainman means one who uses a chain or measuring tape.
What part of speech is chainman?
Chainman is a noun.
What is the plural of chainman?
The plural of chainman is chainmen.

Words near chainman in the dictionary

  1. chainmail
  2. chainmails
  3. chainmaker
  4. chainmakers
  5. chainmaking
  6. chainman
  7. chainmen
  8. chainon
  9. chainons
  10. chainplate
  11. chainplates

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