noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A male thresher, who beats the grain manually on a threshing floor. historical
2. 2
   The operator of a mechanical thresher (a threshing machine). historical
3. 3
   The owner-operator of a mechanical thresher, operating as a threshing business. historical

Etymology

From thresher + -man.

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