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requestman

requestman noun: one who submits a formal request.

Noun

requestman (plural requestmen)

  1. One who submits a formal request.
    • After the ME had made a very convincing case for going on leave Sohail asked his divisional Chief ERA, who was standing behind and to the right of the requestman, “Well, Chief. What do you say?”2001, Mian Zahir Shah, Bubbles of Water, Or, Anecdotes of the Pakistan Navy, page 224
    • If this was considered inadequate, the case went before the captain, who heard 'requestmen and defaulters' at a fixed time. Requestmen might ask for promotion, for special leave or some other privilege.2017, Brian Lavery, Churchill's Navy: The Ships, People and Organisation, 1939-1945

Forms of requestman

pluralrequestmen

Origin of requestman

From request + -man.

Questions about requestman

What does requestman mean?
Requestman means one who submits a formal request.
What part of speech is requestman?
Requestman is a noun.
What is the plural of requestman?
The plural of requestman is requestmen.

Words near requestman in the dictionary

  1. requestioning
  2. requestions
  3. requestive
  4. requestives
  5. requestless
  6. requestman
  7. requestmen
  8. requestor
  9. requestors
  10. requestress
  11. requestresses

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