yardman

yard·man

Y y

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [yahrd-muh n]
- /ˈyɑrd mən/
- /ˈjɑːdmən/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [yahrd-muh n]
- /ˈyɑrd mən/

Definitions of yardman word

noun plural yardman a sailor assigned to the yards of a vessel. 1
noun plural yardman a person who works in a railroad yard, boatyard, lumberyard, or the like. 1
noun plural yardman a person employed to care for the yard of a house, public building, etc., as by mowing the lawn and trimming shrubbery. 1
noun yardman A person working in a railroad or lumberyard. 1
noun yardman a person employed to do various outdoor jobs 0
noun yardman a worker in a railway yard 0

See all 9 definitions of yardman

Information block about the term

Origin of yardman

First appearance:

before 1885

One of the 21% newest English words

First recorded in 1885-90; yard1 + -man

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Yardman

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Yardman

yardman popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.