"yardman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈjɑɹdmən/ Audio: en-us-yardman.ogg [US] Forms: yardmen [plural]
Etymology: yard + -man Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|yard|man}} yard + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|yardmen}} yardman (plural yardmen)
  1. A worker in any of several types of yard, as:
    A worker in a railyard.
    Sense id: en-yardman-en-noun-FkbnhF4a
  2. A worker in any of several types of yard, as:
    (UK, historical) 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.
    Tags: UK, historical
    Sense id: en-yardman-en-noun-xcnW~of5 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 58 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 16 53 31
  3. A worker in any of several types of yard, as:
    (chiefly Canada, US) A laborer hired to do outdoor work.
    Tags: Canada, US
    Sense id: en-yardman-en-noun-4P5-efbL Categories (other): American English, Canadian English

Inflected forms

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