END MAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does end man mean? 

• END MAN (noun)
  The noun END MAN has 2 senses:

1. a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor

2. a man at one end of a row of people

  Familiarity information: END MAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• END MAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

corner man; end man

Hypernyms ("end man" is a kind of...):

minstrel (a performer in a minstrel show)

Holonyms ("end man" is a member of...):

minstrel show (a troupe of performers in blackface typically giving a comic program of negro songs and jokes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A man at one end of a row of people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("end man" is a kind of...):

acquaintance; friend (a person with whom you are acquainted)

Holonyms ("end man" is a member of...):

rank (a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another)