"dragman" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dragman.wav [US] Forms: dragmen [plural]
Etymology: From drag + -man. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|drag<id:to pull>|-man|text=+|tree=1}} From drag + -man., {{ety|en|:af|drag<id:to pull>|-man|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰrógʰ-e-ti Proto-Germanic *draganą Proto-West Germanic *dragan Old English dragan Middle English dragen Middle English draggen Low German draggeinflu. English drag Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English dragman From drag + -man. Head templates: {{en-noun|dragmen}} dragman (plural dragmen)
  1. A fisherman who uses a dragnet.

Inflected forms

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