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YARDMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yardman mean?
• YARDMAN (noun)
The noun YARDMAN has 2 senses:
1. worker in a railway yard
2. a laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)
Familiarity information: YARDMAN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Worker in a railway yard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("yardman" is a kind of...):
railroad man; railroader; railway man; railwayman; trainman (an employee of a railroad)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("yardman" is a kind of...):
jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
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