leadman
English
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editleadman (plural leadmen)
- The male leader of a group of workers, who reports to a supervisor.
- a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:
- Such a light and metal'd dance / Saw you never yet in France / And by lead-men for the nones, / That turn round like grindlestones
- (obsolete) One who leads a dance[1]
- A member of the set decoration department on a film set who is responsible for the props and swing gang and/or set dressers.
Translations
editleader of group of workers
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References
edit- ^ “leadman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.