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end man

noun

  1. a man at one end of a row or line.
  2. a man at either end of the line of performers of a minstrel troupe, who plays on the bones or tambourine and carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of end man1

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
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Example Sentences

Even with the original players out there, because on the back end man, one play, one mess-up, that can be a touchdown.

It isn't the shy and the timid who get the applause; the clown in tinsel and the end man in cork divide easy honors.

The end man must have been just on the edge of the beams—half his right side lay twitching on the ground.

To end man's suffering here would be a duty.

My brother was to be end man and black up for the occasion.

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