English Explanatory Dictionary

ruddleman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who deals in ruddle (red ochre), usually itinerant and red-stained

Word forms

ruddleman ruddlemen raddleman reddleman

Etymology

From ruddle + -man. First appears in print in 1622, possibly coined by Michael Drayton.

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