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prizeman|ˈpraɪzmən| [f. prize n.1 + man n.1] A man who wins a prize (esp. for excelling in learning or art). Hence ˈprizewoman.
1800Cambr. Univ. Cal. Title-p., A list of the..Medallists and Prize-men. Ibid. 15 Members' Prizemen. Ibid. 22 Seatonian Prizemen. 1834Edin. Rev. LIX. 133 The mere prize-man is often dismissed in a few lines. 1856Lever Martins of Cro' M. xiv, He's more than that..he is the great prize man of the year in Trinity. 1896Current Hist. (Buffalo) VI. 463 In his third year he [Lord Kelvin] came out as second wrangler and Smith's prizeman. 1940Horizon Jan. 61 Miss Pitter, a Hawthornden prizewoman. |