"craneman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cranemen [plural]
Etymology: From crane + -man. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|crane|man}} crane + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|cranemen}} craneman (plural cranemen)
  1. (construction) A crane operator.
    Sense id: en-craneman-en-noun-5Z1xA4d6 Categories (other): Construction, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Occupations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Occupations: 91 9 Topics: business, construction, manufacturing
  2. (mining, historical) A boy employed to hoist the corves of coals on to the rolleys with the crane. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-craneman-en-noun-rFrsKD2S Categories (other): Mining Topics: business, mining
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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