English Explanatory Dictionary

midman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A male midwife.
noun
  1. A worker with a status lower than that over master or overseer, but greater than that of apprentice or boy.
  2. A paddler who sits in the middle of a long canoe.
  3. A sailor whose area of responsibility is in the middle of a boat.

Word forms

midman midmen mid-man

Etymology

Blend of midwife + man.

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