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drayman

noun

Etymology

From dray + -man.

  1. inherited from *dragǭ✻
  2. inherited from dræġe — “dragnet”
  3. inherited from draye
  4. suffixed as drayman — “dray + man”

Definitions

  1. A man who drives drays.

  2. A deliveryman for a brewery.

    • I likewiſe delivered up my Watch, which the Emperor was very curious to ſee, and commanded two of his talleſt Yeomen of the Guards to bear it on a Pole upon their Shoulders, as Dray-Men in England do a Barrel of Ale.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA