yardman
/ˈjɑɹdmən/
yardman noun: a worker in a railyard.
Noun
yardman (plural yardmen)
- A worker in a railyard.
- A farm worker assigned to the farmyard of a large farm, working at hostler duties (harnessing and hitching teams), loading and unloading wagons, feeding, and so on.
- I asked the grizzled rustic who appeared to be in sole occupation of the farm buildings, and who was, in fact, the yardman, if he knew whereabouts I should find the [hunting] party. He said something I did not understand, but I followed his pointing arm. […] The yardman, with his lantern, was...1930, Adrian Bell, Corduroy, Faber and Faber
- A laborer hired to do outdoor work.
yardman meaning in Tamil and Urdu
yardman in Tamil
- இருப்பூர்தித் தங்குவெளியிட அலுவலர்
yardman in Urdu
- مالی
Forms of yardman
| plural | yardmen |
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Origin of yardman
From yard + -man.
Questions about yardman
- What does yardman mean?
- Yardman means a worker in a railyard.
- What is yardman in Tamil?
- Yardman in Tamil is இருப்பூர்தித் தங்குவெளியிட அலுவலர். See Yardman meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is yardman?
- Yardman is a noun.
- How do you pronounce yardman?
- Yardman is pronounced /ˈjɑɹdmən/.
- What is the plural of yardman?
- The plural of yardman is yardmen.
Words near yardman in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: yardman (page history and authors); yardman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); yardman (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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