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walksman

walksman noun: a person employed to walk along a river and remove objects from the water, check the banks for damage, etc.

Noun

walksman (plural walksmen)

  1. (historical) A person employed to walk along a river and remove objects from the water, check the banks for damage, etc.
    • At his right hand is Mr. Davis, a walksman at the New River Head.1873, George Walter Thornbury, Old and New London, page 295

Forms of walksman

pluralwalksmen

Questions about walksman

What does walksman mean?
Walksman means a person employed to walk along a river and remove objects from the water, check the banks for damage, etc.
What part of speech is walksman?
Walksman is a noun.
What is the plural of walksman?
The plural of walksman is walksmen.

Words near walksman in the dictionary

  1. walks through
  2. walks turkey
  3. walks with
  4. walkshed
  5. walksheds
  6. walksman
  7. walksmen
  8. walkt
  9. walkthrough
  10. walkthroughs
  11. walkthru

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