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ˈsideman
[f. side n.1]
†1. = sidesman 1. Obs.
1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 2098/1 He beyng one of the Church Wardens or side men. 1577Harrison England ii. v. (1877) i. 134 In villages they are commonlie made churchwardens, sidemen, aleconners, constables. 1602Carew Cornwall 82 Besides this Incumbent, euery parish had certaine officers, as Churchwardens, Sidemen. 1636Davenant Wits iii. i, It is worth all the Bells in your Church Steeple, Though your Sexton and Side-men hung there too, To better the peal. 1682in Picture of Liverpool (1834) 108 Thomas Mathews elected sideman for the remainder of the Year.
†2. A partisan. rare—1. Obs.
1600W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 93 The partie that brought it was a sideman of the Iesuits.
†3. (See quot.) rare—1. Obs.
c1600Edmonds Obser. Cæsars Comm. 130 The first, second and third, and so forward in each file, are called Side⁓men in respect of the same numbes in the next file.
†4. = oyster n. 3. Obs.
1632Sherwood, The sidemen of a pullet, les huistres d'une poulle.
5. A supporting musician in a jazz or dance band. Cf. front man (ii) s.v. front n. 14. orig. U.S.
1936Amer. Mercury XXXVIII. p. x/2 Side man, any musician in the band except the leader. 1943P. E. Miller Yearbk. Pop. Music 7/2 He began playing in bands just a few years later, and was soon accepted as a desirable sideman. 1961Radio Times 21 Dec. 53/4 Jazz Club. Humphrey Lyttelton..welcomes as his guests two former Lyttelton sidemen Jimmy Skidmore on tenor sax and Johnny Picard on trombone. 1977J. Wainwright Do Nothin' till You hear from Me v. 67 Goodman and Dorsey..had tight section work, when needed—but they let their sidemen cut loose, and weave their own patterns. |