What does "roadman" mean?

A man who builds or repairs roads.

Roadman

Common synonyms include: bagman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, duffer, multicultural london english, peddler.

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
A man who builds or repairs roads.
"Ernest Tipping had known the road for over 35 years and seen the roadman repairing it."
2
a salesman who travels to call on customers wordnet
3
A member of a subculture characterised by their clothing (notably puffer jackets and sportswear) as street fashion and the music they listen to, notably drill music. British, Multicultural-London-English, slang
"And officers’ definition of ‘roadman’ could prove to be controversial. They described the term as a ‘teenager who involves themselves in smoking weed, no education, puffa jacket and man bag, acts hard on a bike’."
4
a male workman who is employed to repair roads wordnet

"Ernest Tipping had known the road for over 35 years and seen the roadman repairing it."

From road + -man.

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