Drayman

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A man who drives drays. obsolete
  2. 2
    A deliveryman for a brewery.

    "I likewiſe delivered up my Watch, which the Emperor was very curious to ſee, and commanded two of his talleſt Yeomen of the Guards to bear it on a Pole upon their Shoulders, as Dray-Men in England do a Barrel of Ale."

Example

More examples

"I likewiſe delivered up my Watch, which the Emperor was very curious to ſee, and commanded two of his talleſt Yeomen of the Guards to bear it on a Pole upon their Shoulders, as Dray-Men in England do a Barrel of Ale."

Etymology

From dray + -man.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.