"drayman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: draymen [plural]
Etymology: From 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: 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3
  2. A deliveryman for a brewery.
    Sense id: en-drayman-en-noun-Uf2-ummm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dray-man

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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