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dubsman

noun

Etymology

From dub + -s- + -man.

  1. derived from *dʰewbʰ-✻ — “plug, peg, wedge”
  2. derived from *dub-✻ — “to hit, strike”
  3. inherited from *dubbōn✻
  4. derived from adober — “to equip with arms; adorn”
  5. inherited from dubbian — “to knight by striking with a sword, dub”
  6. inherited from dubben
  7. formed as dubsman — “dub + -s- + -man”

Definitions

  1. A jailer.

    • […] C was a Cracksman, that forked all the plate; / D was a Dubsman, who kept the jug-gate. […]

The neighborhood

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