单词 | tillerman |
释义 | tillerman in British English (ˈtɪləmən) nounWord forms: plural -men nautical a person who controls a tiller tillerman in American English (ˈtɪlərmən) nounWord forms: plural -men a person who steers a boat or has charge of a tiller Word origin [1930–35; tiller2 + -man]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cloverleaf, hypercorrection, logical positivism, uncertainty principle, video-man is a combining form, used in the formation of compound words indicating a man ofa certain type or with a certain job. Other words that use the affix -man include: chairman, liveryman, midshipman, ombudsman, pitchman |
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