routeman

route·man

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [root-muh n, rout-]
- /ˈrut mən, ˈraʊt-/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [root-muh n, rout-]
- /ˈrut mən, ˈraʊt-/

Definitions of routeman word

noun plural routeman a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver. 1
noun plural routeman a supervisor who establishes a route for salespersons or the like, maintains office records, and handles customer relations for it. 1
noun plural routeman a person who routes work among a group of employees, as in a plant or shipyard. 1
noun routeman a delivery man or salesman doing a particular round 0

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Origin of routeman

First appearance:

before 1915

One of the 14% newest English words

First recorded in 1915-20; route + man1

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Parts of speech for Routeman

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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routeman popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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