-men

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“-men” is listed under Bedesman.

A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman.

Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God.— Thomas Fuller

One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier.

A handicraftsman.

A man skilled or employed in handcraft. Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon

Origin: OE. hencheman, henxman; prob. fr. OE. & AS. hengest horse + E. man, and meaning, a groom. AS. hengest is akin to D. & G. hengst stallion, OHG. hengist horse, gelding.

An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.

The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.

One who holds high-church principles.

1. A soldier who serves in the light horse. See under 5th Light.

2. Zoology A West Indian fish of the genus Ephippus, remarkable for its high dorsal fin and brilliant colors.

A man who carries or takes care of a light. Tom Brown

One who holds low-church principles.

One of a secret society, organized in the north of Ireland in 1795, the professed objects of which are the defense of the reigning sovereign of Great Britain, the support of the Protestant religion, the maintenance of the laws of the kingdom, etc.; — so called in honor of William, Prince of Orange, who became William III. of England.

1. One in authority over others; a chief; usually, an overseer or boss.

2. An arbiter.

3. In the philosophy of Nietzsche, a man of superior physique and powers capable of dominating others; one fitted to survive in an egoistic struggle for the mastery.

One who lives in the plains.

1. One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman. Chaucer. Macaulay.

2. A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer.

Plowman's spikenard Botany, a European composite weed (Conyza squarrosa), having fragrant roots. Richard Chandler Alexander Prior

1. Military the lead soldier in a foot patrol under combat conditions.

2. a person who takes a conspicuous public position in proposing a new idea or initiating a new policy, who may become a target of criticism for those opposed. “The Secretary of State served as point man for the administration's new China policy.”

A man who has charge of railroad points or switches. British

A member of the Ribbon Society. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.

Old Statutes of Eng. A bold, stout robber, or night thief; — said to be so called from Robin Hood.

A man whose business is to manage or display signals; especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned.

An aeronaut. slang Syn. — airman; pilot. [ + ]

Railroads One employed on work on the track; specif., a trackwalker.

A man who prepares or sells tripe.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54