gripman

noun

Etymology

From grip + -man.

  1. inherited from gripa
  2. inherited from gripe
  3. inherited from grippe
  4. inherited from *gripjaną
  5. inherited from grippan
  6. inherited from grippen
  7. suffixed as gripman — “grip + man

Definitions

  1. A man employed to manipulate the grip of a cable car (the streetcar), therefore enabling…

    A man employed to manipulate the grip of a cable car (the streetcar), therefore enabling it to start and stop.

The neighborhood

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