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Skillman

name

Etymology

From skill + man.

  1. inherited from *mon-✻ — “human being, man”
  2. inherited from *mann-✻ — “man”
  3. inherited from *mann✻
  4. inherited from mann — “human being, person, man”
  5. inherited from man
  6. compounded as skillman — “skill + man”

Definitions

  1. A surname.

  2. A gray-collar worker

    A gray-collar worker; someone who does skilled technical work.

    • Susman (1970) found clear goal differences between skillmen and their helpers in an oil refinery.
    • The day that she went, I said, "You know, you have been one of the best skillmen, ever."

The neighborhood

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