"colourman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: colourmen [plural]
Etymology: From colour + -man. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|colour|man}} colour + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|colourmen}} colourman (plural colourmen)
  1. A man who sells (and, formerly, prepares) an artist's paints.
    Sense id: en-colourman-en-noun-AxRDowvQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 80 20
  2. (British spelling, broadcasting) A commentator employed to provide background information, analysis, etc., on a given news or sports event. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Broadcasting
    Sense id: en-colourman-en-noun-Y4QYlrFx Topics: broadcasting, media
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: color analyst, color announcer, color commentator, colour analyst, colour announcer, colour commentator, color man, colorman [US], colour man [UK] Hypernyms: sport analyst, sport announcer, sport commentator, sporting announcer, sporting commentator, sports analyst, sports announcer, sports commentator Coordinate_terms: play-by-play analyst, play-by-play announcer, play-by-play commentator, play-by-play man

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