oversman
oversman noun: an overseer or superintendent, especially of a mine.
Noun
oversman (plural oversmen)
- An overseer or superintendent, especially of a mine
- .On the forenoon of the next day two of the elders, decent pitmen, who happened to be on the night-shift, called in to give their verdict and to drop a word of advice.
"A graund meetin'," said Pate Tamson, the oversman of No. 4; "what for didna ye tak' your stick and gie some o' the vaigabonds a...1900, :Samuel Rutherford Crockett, The Stickit Minister's Wooing, The Respect of Drowdle
- Synonyms:
- overman
- .On the forenoon of the next day two of the elders, decent pitmen, who happened to be on the night-shift, called in to give their verdict and to drop a word of advice.
- An umpire; a third arbiter, appointed when two arbiters disagree.
Synonyms of oversman
Forms of oversman
| plural | oversmen |
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Origin of oversman
From over + -s- + -man.
Questions about oversman
- What does oversman mean?
- Oversman means an overseer or superintendent, especially of a mine.
- What part of speech is oversman?
- Oversman is a noun.
- What is the plural of oversman?
- The plural of oversman is oversmen.
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