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midmen

midmen is the plural of midman.

Meaning of midman

Noun (1)

midman (plural midmen)

  1. (rare) A male midwife.
    • Coordinate term: midwoman

Noun (2)

midman (plural midmen)

  1. A worker with a status lower than that over master or overseer, but greater than that of apprentice or boy.
    • one of these seats is called in the North the 'house father's chair', and is never filled except by the head of the family; that which stands opposite to it is reserved for the principal guest, or for the midman who is of most importance in the household.1850 October 19, R. J. King-Parker, “Anschar: a Tale of the North”, in The Athenæum, page 1088
  2. A paddler who sits in the middle of a long canoe.
    • On the first visit of Sir George Simpson to Vancouver's Island in 1824, he accompanied the Governor as a midman in his canoes .1871, Joseph James Hargrave, Red River, page 237
  3. A sailor whose area of responsibility is in the middle of a boat.
    • A leisure-pensioned sailor of the King Who made more knights and sailors by his talks In one short year than half the schools in Spain, As midman in his youth sailed venture-wise Joined with a master seeking coast or isle Unknown, but prospered little1903, Horace Mellard Du Bose, The Planting of the Cross, page 49

Questions about midmen

What is midmen the plural of?
Midmen is the plural of midman.

Words near midmen in the dictionary

  1. midmarriage
  2. midmatch
  3. midmeal
  4. midmeeting
  5. midmembraneous
  6. midmen
  7. midmetacarpal
  8. midmodiolar
  9. midmonth
  10. midmonthly
  11. midmonths

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