"leadman" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈliːdmən/ Forms: leadmen [plural]
Etymology: From lead + -man. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lead|man}} lead + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|leadmen}} leadman (plural leadmen)
  1. The male leader of a group of workers, who reports to a supervisor. Categories (topical): Dance, People Translations (leader of group of workers): ryhmänjohtaja (Finnish), kymppi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-leadman-en-noun-cQkLrYMF Disambiguation of Dance: 14 45 41 Disambiguation of People: 42 28 30 Disambiguation of 'leader of group of workers': 75 8 17
  2. (obsolete) One who leads a dance Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Dance Translations (one who leads a dance): viejä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-leadman-en-noun-wx6Y868a Disambiguation of Dance: 14 45 41 Disambiguation of 'one who leads a dance': 4 91 5
  3. A member of the set decoration department on a film set who is responsible for the props and swing gang and/or set dressers. Categories (topical): Dance, Occupations
    Sense id: en-leadman-en-noun-M8M5xz~z Disambiguation of Dance: 14 45 41 Disambiguation of Occupations: 26 26 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 23 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 25 24 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 16 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 24 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 23 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 16 65

Inflected forms

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