noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Someone who carries and holds a levelling staff, or rod, in a surveying party.

   "Rodsmen were whacking their way through willow brakes."

2. 2
   A fisherman.

   "[…] a heavy basket of twenty-seven was landed by one rodsman."

Synonyms

All synonyms

rodman

Example

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"Rodsmen were whacking their way through willow brakes."

Etymology

From rod + -s- + man.

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