"moundsman" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-moundsman.ogg Forms: moundsmen [plural]
Etymology: From mound + -s- + -man. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|mound|-s-|-man}} mound + -s- + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|moundsmen}} moundsman (plural moundsmen)
  1. (baseball, slang) A pitcher. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-moundsman-en-noun-Z23qvUm5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms interfixed with -s-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -s-: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (historical, surveying) A man employed to dig pits and erect mounds as reference markers for surveys. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Surveying
    Sense id: en-moundsman-en-noun-xh46yGrO Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 42 58 Topics: geography, natural-sciences, surveying

Inflected forms

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