quarryman

American  

[kwawr-ee-muhn, kwor-] / ˈkwɔr i mən, ˈkwɒr- /

noun

plural

quarrymen

1. a person who quarries quarry stone; quarrier.

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quarryman British  

/ ˈkwɒrɪmən /

noun

1. a man who works in or manages a quarry

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Etymology

Origin of quarryman

First recorded in 1605–15; quarry ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

The tireless collecting of retired quarryman Dave Brockhurst, who has spent the last 30 years uncovering fossils from Ashdown Brickworks, was key to the discovery.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

An old quarryman came to talk to us.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2022

At about 17:30 GMT on 11 March, quarryman William Horsefield spotted a crack in the embankment "only about wide enough to admit a penknife" and alerted a number of local workmen.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2014

The 41-year-old singer-songwriter, raised in Dorset and Somerset, had parents – a quarryman and a stonemason – who were friends with several musicians.

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2011

At the same time, the master quarryman was sent to supervise fifty apprentice stone cutters and two hundred and fifty laborers who would work in the Somme valley, an area known for its limestone.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay