"bandsman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bandsman.wav Forms: bandsmen [plural]
Etymology: From band + -s- + -man. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|band|-s-|-man}} band + -s- + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|bandsmen}} bandsman (plural bandsmen)
  1. A player in a musical band, especially a military or brass band.
    Sense id: en-bandsman-en-noun-wTdk0Tjv
  2. (mining, historical) A labourer (loader) working with a band of men. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-bandsman-en-noun-hqbxk6Cq Categories (other): Mining, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms interfixed with -s-, English terms suffixed with -man, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Musicians Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -s-: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Musicians: 22 78 Topics: business, mining
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

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