English Explanatory Dictionary

Holdman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.
noun
  1. A man employed in the hold of a ship to load and unload cargo.

Word forms

Holdman Holdmans holdmen holdsman

Etymology

Various origins: * Occupational surname for a servant, from Middle English hold (“loyal, faithful”) + man (“man”). * Variant of the English surname Oldman. * Variant of German Holdmann.

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