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ground man

ground man noun: a man who works at an airfield as a member of the groundcrew. Also the alternative form of groundsman.

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
    • The ground man and I were stepping through the checklist.2011, Earl Heron, One Desert Jet Turner
  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
    • With Cowboy acting as his ground man he started climbing a corner of the cabin where logs overlapped in a locking pattern.2010, Dennis Perry, Mad Dog Steel Time, page 76

Also used as

ground man is also the alternative form of groundsman.

Examples of ground man in a sentence

  • A ground man is polishing the newly mended nose, rubbing every bit of dirt from it, so that the bombardier may have a good sight of his target.2014, Martin W. Bowman, We Were Eagles:
  • Then Robert in the hoist signalled to Larry the 'ground man' and the crane driver lowered them down to the topsail which Ronnie and Robert worked on.2011, Michael Sutton, On the Crest of a Wave:

Forms of ground man

pluralground men
alternative formgroundman
alternative formground-man

Questions about ground man

What does ground man mean?
Ground man means a man who works at an airfield as a member of the groundcrew.
How do you use ground man in a sentence?
A ground man is polishing the newly mended nose, rubbing every bit of dirt from it, so that the bombardier may have a good sight of his target.
What part of speech is ground man?
Ground man is a noun.
What is the plural of ground man?
The plural of ground man is ground men.

Words near ground man in the dictionary

  1. ground levels
  2. ground loop
  3. ground looped
  4. ground looping
  5. ground loops
  6. ground man
  7. ground meat
  8. ground meats
  9. ground men
  10. ground mist
  11. ground mists

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