bridgeman

[ brij-muhn ]

noun

, plural bridge·men.

1. a person who works on a bridge or on the construction of bridges. bridge.
2. a person who manages the loading and unloading of ferries at a landing dock.

Gender Note

Is bridgeman gender-neutral? See -man.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bridgeman¹

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

Example Sentences

Still, there is something in the Bridgeman-George union that is different, and possibly trend-setting.

From The Daily Beast

Bridgeman said that a line of black residents were made to wait outside the church.

From The Daily Beast

Well, Bridgeman isn't back and Tam said he saw him nose-dive behind the German trenches.

From Project Gutenberg

Jessie Bridgeman was the only member of Christabel's circle who refrained from any expression of approval.

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Without Jessie Bridgeman, Mrs. Tregonell would have been companionless in a house full of people.

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But to Jessie Bridgeman, who had been with them in the halcyon days of their love-making, she was still Christabel.

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There sat Jessie Bridgeman, the dragon of prudery placed within call, but was any woman safer for the presence of a duenna?

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