odd man
noun/ˈɒd man/UK
Etymology
From odd + man, probably after a Scandinavian source. Compare Old Norse odda-maðr.
- derived from odda-maðr
Definitions
In a group having an odd number of people, someone with the casting vote
In a group having an odd number of people, someone with the casting vote; an arbiter.
Someone who does odd jobs.
- ‘My father always kept a dog-cart, and we had three servants. We had a cook and a housemaid and an odd man.’
- Their complexion was lustreless and clammy, although Aunt Evelyn's odd man had given them all the energy of his elbow.
A man who trains in company with a boat's crew, so that he can take the place of anybody…
A man who trains in company with a boat's crew, so that he can take the place of anybody who falls ill.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA