Drayman
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A man who drives drays. obsolete
- 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.
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