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QUARRYMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quarryman mean?
• QUARRYMAN (noun)
The noun QUARRYMAN has 1 sense:
1. a man who works in a quarry
Familiarity information: QUARRYMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man who works in a quarry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
quarrier; quarryman
Hypernyms ("quarryman" is a kind of...):
worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quarryman"):
breaker; ledgeman (a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone)
cutter; stonecutter (someone who cuts or carves stone)
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