blindman

English

Etymology

blind +‎ man

Noun

blindman (plural blindmen)

1. (archaic) A man who is blind.
   • 1923, Hervey Allen, The Blindman: A Ballad of Nogent L'Artaud:

     There crouched a Blindman by the wall
     A-shivering in a ragged shawl,
     Who gave a hopeless parrot screech
     And felt the wall with halting reach.

Usage notes

• Now written as two words, blind man, except in the fixed phrases listed below.

Derived terms

• blindman's buff
• blindman's holiday

Translations

a blind individual

• Southern Ohlone: halak
• Spanish: ciego (es) m