Sightsman
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sight-reader. dated
"[…] indeed the lessons are evidently the production of a man who either never knew, or has forgotten, the elementary steps and helps necessary to make the future sightsman."
Example
More examples"[…] indeed the lessons are evidently the production of a man who either never knew, or has forgotten, the elementary steps and helps necessary to make the future sightsman."
Etymology
From sight + -s- + man.
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