drayman

[ drey-muhn ]

noun

, plural dray·men.

1. a person who drives a dray.

Word History and Origins

Origin of drayman¹

First recorded in 1575–85; dray + man

Example Sentences

Ramirez is a “drayman,” a 16th-century term for the final cog in the 21st-century supply lines that link the American heartland to Asian factories.

From Washington Post

Neil, who works as a drayman delivering beer, has also used the offer everyday.

From BBC

A Wells-Fargo drayman tried to deliver it to the Wrightwood address but could not locate anyone named Williams or Gordon.

From Literature

In a similar case about three years ago, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephen Marcus refused to accept a deal that would have allowed the former mayor of Glendale to avoid time behind bars after he was accused of embezzling more than $300,000 from a farmers’ market. The judge eventually accepted an agreement in which John Drayman pleaded guilty to three felonies and agreed to pay restitution in exchange for a year in jail.

From Los Angeles Times

The invoice refers to a “drayman”, meaning that the brewery was still making horse-drawn deliveries.

From Forbes