yardman

yardman
yardman1
/yahrd"meuhn/, n., pl. yardmen. Naut.
a sailor assigned to the yards of a vessel.
[1885-90; YARD1 + -MAN]
yardman2
/yahrd"meuhn/, n., pl. yardmen.
1. a person who works in a railroad yard, boatyard, lumberyard, or the like.
2. a person employed to care for the yard of a house, public building, etc., as by mowing the lawn and trimming shrubbery.
[1815-25; YARD2 + -MAN]

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