liveryman

[ liv-uh-ree-muhn, liv-ree- ]

noun

, plural liv·er·y·men.

1. an owner of or an employee in a livery stable.
2. British. a freeman of the City of London, entitled to wear the livery of the ancient guild or city district to which he belongs and to vote in the election of Lord Mayor, chamberlain, and other municipal and honorary officers.
3. Obsolete. a person in livery, especially a servant.

liveryman

/ ˈlɪvərɪmən /

noun

1. a member of a livery company
2. a worker in a livery stable

Gender Note

See -man.

Word History and Origins

Origin of liveryman¹

First recorded in 1675–85; livery ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

In a world without butlers and liverymen and cooks, the babysitter is the only domestic employee most of us will ever hire.

From Washington Post

The kooky inventor of a horseless carriage rivals a banker’s son for a liveryman’s daughter.

From Los Angeles Times

I turned the former liveryman’s quarters, with its terra-cotta floor and stenciled walls, into my office.

From New York Times

It is 400 years since James I signed a royal charter decreeing that liverymen from the City of London should be among the English colonisers of the strategically useful port of Derry.

From The Guardian

Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to insect the measures used in public houses.

From Project Gutenberg