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dayman

dayman is the alternative spelling of day man.

Meaning of day man

Noun

day man (plural day men)

  1. (archaic) A man who is a day laborer.
    • Back then, the digging of sewers was done largely by day men with shovels and picks.

Proper noun capitalized: Dayman

Dayman

  1. A surname.

Forms of dayman

pluraldaymen

Origin of dayman

From day + man.

Questions about dayman

What does dayman mean?
Dayman means a surname.
What is dayman the alternative spelling of?
Dayman is the alternative spelling of day man.
What part of speech is dayman?
Dayman is a proper noun.

Words near dayman in the dictionary

  1. daylilies
  2. daylily
  3. daylit
  4. daylong
  5. dayly
  6. dayman
  7. daymare
  8. daymared
  9. daymares
  10. daymaring
  11. daymark

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dayman (page history and authors); Dayman (page history and authors); day man (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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