"tenderman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tendermen [plural]
Etymology: From tender + man. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tender|man}} tender + man Head templates: {{en-noun|tendermen}} tenderman (plural tendermen)
  1. (nautical) A person who works on a tender. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-tenderman-en-noun-mAEzXQSy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1979, Western Fisheries - Volume 98, page 7:",
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          "ref": "1996, Alicja Muszynski, Cheap Wage Labour: Race and Gender in the Fisheries of British Columbia, →ISBN:",
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          "ref": "2017, Dave Atcheson, Dead Reckoning, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Despite the crisis, the adrenaline that must have been feeding his own alarm, Tim managed to maintain his control and spoke in a subdued tone, assuring the tenderman and all of us that things would be okay.",
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