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corner man

corner man is the alternative form of cornerman.

Meaning of cornerman

Noun

cornerman (plural cornermen)

  1. A coach, trainer or other assistant who attends to a boxer between rounds.
  2. A player who can play both the small forward and power forward positions.
    Synonyms:
    corner
  3. (US, historical) A policeman assigned to an intersection to direct the traffic.
    • This cornerman is taking time out to provide directions to a driver. Their easily recognizable white hats and regular presence on their corners made these officers readily accessible […]2011, Daniel F. Walsh, Thomas L. Derby, Russell W. Gates, Syracuse Police, page 113
  4. Synonym of endman (“type of stock minstrel character”).
    Synonyms:
    endman

Forms of corner man

pluralcorner men

Questions about corner man

What is corner man the alternative form of?
Corner man is the alternative form of cornerman.

Words near corner man in the dictionary

  1. corner infielder
  2. corner infielders
  3. corner infields
  4. corner kick
  5. corner kicks
  6. corner man
  7. corner men
  8. corner of the eye
  9. corner of the mouth
  10. corner office
  11. corner offices

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Adapted from Wiktionary: corner man (page history and authors); cornerman (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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