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lightermen

lightermen is the plural of lighterman.

Meaning of lighterman

Noun

lighterman (plural lightermen)

  1. One employed on, owning, or managing a lighter.
    • A poor lighterman, sir, one that hath had the honour sometimes to lay in the king’s beer there […]1622, Ben Jonson, The Masque of Augurs, The First Antimasque, in The Works of Ben Jonson, London: D. Midwinter et al., 1756, Volume 6, p. 122

Questions about lightermen

What is lightermen the plural of?
Lightermen is the plural of lighterman.

Words near lightermen in the dictionary

  1. lightered
  2. lighterful
  3. lighterfuls
  4. lightering
  5. lighterman
  6. lightermen
  7. lighters
  8. lighterweight
  9. lightest
  10. lightest-fingered
  11. lightest-footed

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