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pointman
[f. point n.1 or v.1 + man n.1]
1. = pointer 11.
1903A. Adams Log of Cowboy iii. 28 Two riders, known as point men rode out and well back from the lead cattle. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §913/10 Point men or riders, cowboys riding near the head of a herd of cattle. 1977M. Herr Dispatches iii. 35 Classic essential American types; point men, isolatos and outriders.
2. = pointsman 2.
1927Observer 20 Nov. 11/3 It..bore a number of legends; on the footboard, ‘Step on the gas’; on the bonnet, ‘Don't look inside’, and ‘Pointman, let us pass’.
3. (Usu. as two words.) The soldier who walks at the head of a patrol. Also transf.
1944Yank 4 Feb. 9/1 The Jap point man was on the scene before any camouflaging could be done. 1969I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam v. 96 Next to the commander..the point man was the most important member of the squad on jungle patrols. It was his duty to walk at the head of the formation..and to act as scout for the rest. 1970Time 5 Jan. 14 Cisneros survived 42 patrols in Viet Nam, mostly as the exposed point man, and saw his unit chewed up behind him several times. 1977Time 21 Mar. 56/1 In Young's view, his role is to be a kind of ‘point man’ for the Administration in foreign policy, charged with getting out in front with new ideas and possibilities. 1978Guardian Weekly 25 June 18/2 Although Carter started his term as no friend of Kennedy..Kennedy has, ironically, become Carter's point man in the senate.
4. = pointsman 1.
1945G. Millar Maquis ix. 180 This pointman would not presumably be antagonistic to us, since he would be an ordinary ‘cheminot’. |