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ground-man

ground-man is the alternative form of groundsman.

ground-man is the alternative form of ground man.

Meaning of groundsman

Noun

groundsman (plural groundsmen)

  1. A male groundskeeper.

Meaning of ground man

Noun

ground man (plural ground men)

  1. A man who works at an airfield as a member of the groundcrew.
    • Red carted their overnight bags to the plane, and the ground man broke off his conversation with the pilot to stuff them into the nose compartment.2010, Michael Flynn, In the Country of the Blind
  2. A man who works from the ground alongside others who climb or work on a lift, ladder, hoist, etc.
    • The above list is by no means exhaustive but outlines the ways in which a ground man may affect the performance of a climber.1986, The Arboricultural Journal, page 290

Forms of ground-man

pluralground-men

Questions about ground-man

What is ground-man the alternative form of?
Ground-man is the alternative form of groundsman.

Words near ground-man in the dictionary

  1. ground-glass
  2. ground-hog
  3. ground-hogs
  4. ground-ivies
  5. ground-ivy
  6. ground-man
  7. ground-men
  8. ground-mist
  9. ground-mists
  10. ground-plan
  11. ground-plans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ground-man (page history and authors); groundsman (page history and authors); ground 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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