"drayman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: draymen [plural]
Etymology: dray + -man Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dray|man}} dray + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|draymen}} drayman (plural draymen)
  1. (obsolete) A man who drives drays. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-drayman-en-noun-H4A444gb Disambiguation of Occupations: 62 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 58 42
  2. A deliveryman for a brewery.
    Sense id: en-drayman-en-noun-Uf2-ummm Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dray-man

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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