Deckman

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A man who works on the deck of a ship.

    "After he left baseball, Rhodes stayed in New York, living on Staten Island and working as a steerer, a deckman and a cook on tugboats."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.

Example

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"After he left baseball, Rhodes stayed in New York, living on Staten Island and working as a steerer, a deckman and a cook on tugboats."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From deck + -man.

Etymology 2

Variant spelling of German Deckmann.

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