quarryman
/ˈkwɔɹ.i.mən/
quarryman noun: a man involved in quarrying (mining for stone).
Noun
quarryman (plural quarrymen)
- A man involved in quarrying (mining for stone).
- Many of its cottages were built for quarrymen when local workings provided limestone for the great 19th-century ironworks at Nantyglo.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 258, about Llangattock
- He then described how a quarryman had bought the mineral rights of an estate at Melkridge, on the route of the Roman Wall, for twenty-one years.1981, John Sheail, Rural Conservation in Inter-war Britain
quarryman meaning in Urdu
quarryman in Urdu
- کانکن
Forms of quarryman
| plural | quarrymen |
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Origin of quarryman
From quarry + -man.
Questions about quarryman
- What does quarryman mean?
- Quarryman means a man involved in quarrying (mining for stone).
- What is quarryman in Urdu?
- Quarryman in Urdu is کانکن. See Quarryman meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is quarryman?
- Quarryman is a noun.
- How do you pronounce quarryman?
- Quarryman is pronounced /ˈkwɔɹ.i.mən/ (US).
- What is the plural of quarryman?
- The plural of quarryman is quarrymen.
Words near quarryman in the dictionary
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