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surfaceman

surfaceman noun: a miner who works in the open air, rather than underground.

Noun

surfaceman (plural surfacemen)

  1. A miner who works in the open air, rather than underground.
  2. (Scotland) A platelayer; one who maintains a railway track.
    • To this I might have paid less heed but for its disquieting confirmation on a later day at a psychic parlour in Edgware Road. Proceeding there in company with my eldest brother-in-law, a plate-layer and surfaceman on the Northern.1915, Leon Wilson, Ruggles of Red Gap

Forms of surfaceman

pluralsurfacemen

Origin of surfaceman

From surface + -man.

Questions about surfaceman

What does surfaceman mean?
Surfaceman means a miner who works in the open air, rather than underground.
What part of speech is surfaceman?
Surfaceman is a noun.
What is the plural of surfaceman?
The plural of surfaceman is surfacemen.

Words near surfaceman in the dictionary

  1. surfaceable
  2. surfaced
  3. surfaceless
  4. surfacelessness
  5. surfacely
  6. surfaceman
  7. surfacemen
  8. surfaceome
  9. surfaceomes
  10. surfacer
  11. surfacers

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