Word.ws English Dictionary

craneman

craneman noun: a crane operator.

Noun

craneman (plural cranemen)

  1. A crane operator.
  2. (historical) A boy employed to hoist the corves of coals on to the rolleys with the crane.

Forms of craneman

pluralcranemen

Origin of craneman

From crane + -man.

Questions about craneman

What does craneman mean?
Craneman means a crane operator.
What part of speech is craneman?
Craneman is a noun.
What is the plural of craneman?
The plural of craneman is cranemen.

Words near craneman in the dictionary

  1. Cranebrook
  2. craned
  3. craneflies
  4. cranefly
  5. cranelike
  6. craneman
  7. cranemen
  8. Cranendonck
  9. craneoencephalic
  10. craneometric
  11. cranequin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: craneman (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “craneman.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/craneman. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.