"oversman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: oversmen [plural]
Etymology: over + -s- + -man Etymology templates: {{compound|en|over|-s-|-man}} over + -s- + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|oversmen}} oversman (plural oversmen)
  1. An overseer or superintendent. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-oversman-en-noun-98ZC3UpD Disambiguation of People: 52 48
  2. (Scots law) An umpire; a third arbiter, appointed when two arbiters disagree. Categories (topical): Scots law, People
    Sense id: en-oversman-en-noun-rZJChGom Disambiguation of People: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms interfixed with -s- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -s-: 31 69

Inflected forms

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