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ring-man

ring-man is the alternative form of ringman.

Meaning of ringman

Noun

ringman (plural ringmen)

  1. A male entertainer who works in the ring of a circus.
  2. A man within the betting ring of a racecourse; a bookmaker who works in the ring.
  3. A male boxer or prizefighter.
  4. A man who works in a ring where animals are exhibited.
  5. An auctioneer's assistant who spots bids and communicates information back to the auctioneer.
  6. (obsolete) The ring finger.
    • And when a man shooteth, the might of his shoote lyeth on the foremost finger, and on the ringman1545, Roger Ascham, Toxophilus, the Schole of Shootinge […], London: […] Edouardi Whytchurch, →OCLC

Forms of ring-man

pluralring-men

Questions about ring-man

What is ring-man the alternative form of?
Ring-man is the alternative form of ringman.

Words near ring-man in the dictionary

  1. ring-ins
  2. ring-light
  3. ring-lights
  4. ring-lock
  5. ring-locks
  6. ring-man
  7. ring-men
  8. ring-neck
  9. ring-necked duck
  10. ring-necked ducks
  11. ring-necked lizard

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