leadman

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English

Etymology

From lead +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

Noun

leadman (plural leadmen)

  1. 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
  2. (obsolete) One who leads a dance[1]
  3. 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

References

  1. ^ “leadman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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