dragsman
English
noun
Definitions
- (historical) A driver of a carriage, coach, or drag, for public transport, private hire, or as a household servant; coachman.
- (obsolete) One who races horses; an amateur jockey.
- (historical) A thief who cuts the luggage from carriages.
- One who drags a body of water in search of something that is submerged.
- One who moves the carts or sledges at a mine; a putter.
- One who lays down the scent trail for a hunt.
Etymology
Affix from English drag (pull along a surface).
Origin
English
drag
Gloss
pull along a surface
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antidrag English
- drag English
- drag artist English
- drag-chain English
- dragbar English
- dragbox English
- dragfooted English
- draggability English
- draggable English
- dragger English
- draggest English
- draggeth English
- draggle English
- draggy English
- draghound English
- dragless English
- draglift English
- dragline English
- draglink English
- dragman English
- dragnet English
- dragster English
- dragstrip English
- microdrag English
- outdrag English
- redrag English
- underdrag English
- updrag English
- драга Russian
- ドラァグ Japanese
- draggen Middle English