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markman|ˈmɑːkmən|
[f. mark n.1 + man n.1]
†1. = marksman 1. Also fig. Obs.
1577Stanyhurst Descr. Irel. viii. 28 in Holinshed, The kerne, who is an ordinary souldior, vsing..sometimes hys peece, beyng commonly so good markemen as they will come within a score of a great castle. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. i. i. 212 A right good marke man. 1654R. Flecknoe Ten Years Trav. 78 Arrows (with which they are the best mark men in the world).
2. Antiq. A dweller in a mark (mark n.1 2).
1874Stubbs Const. Hist. I. iii. 49 Each of the mark-men has there his homestead. |