roadman

noun

Etymology

From road + -man.

  1. derived from *reydʰ-
  2. inherited from *raidō
  3. inherited from *raidu
  4. inherited from rād
  5. inherited from rode
  6. suffixed as roadman — “road + man

Definitions

  1. A man who builds or repairs roads.

    • Ernest Tipping had known the road for over 35 years and seen the roadman repairing it.
  2. A member of a subculture characterised by their clothing (notably puffer jackets and…

    A member of a subculture characterised by their clothing (notably puffer jackets and sportswear) as street fashion and the music they listen to, notably drill music.

    • And officers’ definition of ‘roadman’ could prove to be controversial. They described the term as a ‘teenager who involves themselves in smoking weed, no education, puffa jacket and man bag, acts hard on a bike’.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for roadman. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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