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dragman

dragman noun: a fisherman who uses a dragnet.

Noun

dragman (plural dragmen)

  1. A fisherman who uses a dragnet.
    • great riots committed by the foresters and Welsh upon the dragmen of Severn , hewing all their boats to pieces , and drowning the bargemen in a warlike posture1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ

Forms of dragman

pluraldragmen

Origin of dragman

From drag + -man.

Questions about dragman

What does dragman mean?
Dragman means a fisherman who uses a dragnet.
What part of speech is dragman?
Dragman is a noun.
What is the plural of dragman?
The plural of dragman is dragmen.

Words near dragman in the dictionary

  1. draglines
  2. dragling
  3. draglings
  4. draglink
  5. draglinks
  6. dragman
  7. dragmark
  8. dragmarks
  9. dragmen
  10. DRAGN
  11. dragnet

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