bridgeman

American  

[brij-muhn] / ˈbrɪdʒ mən /

noun

plural

bridgemen

1. a person who works on a bridge or on the construction of bridges.

2. a person who manages the loading and unloading of ferries at a landing dock.

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Gender

Is bridgeman gender-neutral? See -man.

Etymology

Origin of bridgeman

First recorded in 1640–50; bridge ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

And I could hear that old man shouting about all the things he was going to do and about the bridgeman deserting and leaving him in the mud.

From Roy Blakeley by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

The bridgeman took the news in high good humor and slapped Dancing on the back.

From Whispering Smith by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

Even while we rowed across to Jimmy's shanty I could hear him shouting between the whistlings and saying he'd have the bridgeman up for deserting on flood tide and putting him in the mud.

From Roy Blakeley by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

Do bridgeman sleep on full tide up this way?

From Roy Blakeley by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

I told him I didn't know where the bridgeman was.

From Roy Blakeley by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese