jackmann.1
/ˈdʒakmən/, U.S. /ˈdʒækmən/, Scottish English /ˈdʒakmən/ Scottish. Now historical.
An attendant or retainer kept by a nobleman or landowner; an armed servant.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun]
followereOE
youngereOE
retenantc1390
suitora1398
waitera1500
retainer1508
pursuivant1513
villein1534
consequent1550
backmanc1560
janissary1565
jackman1566
hensure1568
belonger1577
lackey1588
sequent1598
pedissequant1607
henchman1754
gesith1861
ministerialis1888
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > faking of documents > [noun] > forger, falsifier > of licences
jackman1566
jarkman1567
1566 J. Knox Hist. Reformation in Wks. (1846) I. 127 The Bischope preached to his jackmen, and to some old bosses of the toune.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 37 The Bischop of Brechin, having his placeboes and jackmen in the toun, buffated the Freèr, and called him Heretick.
1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 172 Prayer, and the word, and singing of psalms..are profaned and abused, by calling on the cook, stewart, or jackman, to performe that religious duetie.
?1700 P. Anderson Copie Barons Court 14 The Laird his Jackman is the Ladys Tailor,..All gallant Fellows to the warrs are gone.
1784 J. Brown Compend. Hist. Brit. Churches II. 49 He caused his boy, attended by one or two of his jackmen, to read it in the church.
1849 J. Grant Mem. Kirkaldy iv. 35 A train of swash-bucklers or stout jackmen.
1879 Celtic Mag. Dec. 64 The rest of the company was composed of the principal retainers of the Lord of Lorn, the follower of the chieftain Macnab, and the jackmen of the English knight.
1963 Trans. Glasgow Archæol. Soc. 15 39 At Craignethan, it is the presence of this standing garrison of jackmen that accounts for the existence of the great kitchen tower.
2017 Timaru (N.Z.) Herald (Nexis) 27 Jan. 10 Jack is unsure if his name is related to ‘jackmen’, who were the Scottish land owners' heavies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† jackmann.2
Obsolete.
A literate beggar, esp. one who forges passes, licences, and certificates for others; = jarkman n.
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the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > other types of beggar
overlier1449
roger?1536
jarkman1567
Irish toyle1575
jackman1575
chamber-deacon1607
reacher1607
wallet-bearer1611
pie card1931
1575 J. Awdely Fraternitye of Vacabondes (new ed.) sig. A3 A Iackeman is he that can write and reade, and somtime speake latin. He vseth to make counterfaite licences which they call Gybes, and sets to Seales, in their language called Iarkes.
1608 T. Dekker Belman of London sig. D3 Some in this Schoole of Beggers..practise writing and Reading, and those are called Iackmen.
1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 81 Jack-men are such who can both write and read, who make counterfeit Licenses and Passes.
1688 J. Shirley Triumph of Wit 206 The Jack-man is their Secretary, who having some small abilities in Learning,..makes it his business to write their false Passes.
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jackmann.3
/ˈdʒakmən/, U.S. /ˈdʒækmən/ A person who operates a jack (in various senses of Jack n.2 II.). Now: esp. a person who operates a lifting jack.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with lifting equipment
craneman1300
crane-keeper1558
table-loader1875
slinger1881
lift-man1883
hoist-man1892
crane-driver1897
lift-attendant1900
jackman1902
1902 Federal Reporter 113 909 It was shown that when the main wire was in position it was the duty of an employé, called a ‘jackman’, to tighten it on receiving the proper signal from the linemen when they were ready.
1918 Bull. U.S. Bureau Labor Statistics No. 239. 240 Jack men must exercise care in handling the rollers, so as not to scratch or otherwise injure the engraving.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 089 Craneman,..jackman,..lifts doors of oven, either by hand or by mechanical means, to facilitate charging and discharging.
1995 Maxim July 84 (caption) Front and rear jack-men use a steel jack to hoist it six inches off the ground while teams of three tackle each tyre.
2005 J. MacGregor Sunday Money iii. 70 Over-the-wall crew—front-tire carrier, jackman, gas overflow catch-can guy, et al—are most often engine builders back at the shop.
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