gangmann.
/ˈɡaŋman/, /ˈɡaŋmən/, U.S. /ˈɡæŋˌmæn/, /ˈɡæŋmən/ 1. A member of a gang of workers or labourers; (also) a foreman or overseer of such a gang (= gangsman n. 2). Now chiefly Indian English: a member of a gang of workers responsible for maintenance of a section of railway.
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society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > track maintenance workers
gangman1830
platelayer1836
wayman1840
surfaceman1845
lineman1858
track-layera1861
track-man1881
linesman1883
track-walker1890
lengthman1902
underman1921
gandy dancer1923
snake1929
fluffer1956
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman
stewarda1400
surveyorc1440
supervisorc1454
overlookera1513
workmaster1525
supervisora1529
foreman1574
superintendent1575
overman1606
headman1725
overseer1766
gang leader1775
hagmaster1797
maistry1798
gangsman1803
kangany1817
capataz1826
gangman1830
ganger1836
gaffer1841
gang boss1863
ramrod1881
charge-man1885
mandor1885
captain1886
overganger1887
ephor1890
pusher1901
gangster1913
line manager1960
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > gang of > member of gang
gangman1830
gangster1913
snipe1918
1830 S. Wells Hist. Drainage Bedford Level I. xvii. 566 An account of the subsist paid and the balance due to each contractor or gangman receiving subsist, is also to be sent to the auditor.
1867 J. E. White in E. R. Pike Human Doc. Vict. Golden Age (1967) 218 The gangman acts as foreman or overlooker.
1896 Cycl. Rev. Current Hist. (U.S.) 6 937 The following day four gang-men were killed near Dalijal.
1964 A. Swinson Six Minutes to Sunset ii. 42 At midnight the railway between Chheharta and Khasa was torn up, the job being done expertly with gangmen's tools.
2002 India Today Internat. (U.K. Special ed.) 23 Sept. 26/1 Apart from a daily patrol by ‘gangmen’, ultrasonic testing of the tracks is carried out every three months.
2. A member of a criminal gang, a gangster. Now rare.
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > gangster
gangster1884
gangman1912
gangsman1912
mobster1917
racketeer1924
gangbanger1930
bandit1935
hot rod1936
goodfellow1963
G1989
1912 N.-Y. Tribune 9 June 3/4 The round-up of nineteen gangmen and others found in the gang haunts for carrying concealed weapons.
1928 Daily Express 10 Oct. 6 We can hide you away where all the gangmen in London won't find you.
1994 Independent (Nexis) 18 Nov. 20 Inside a pub, the disreputable gangman Tucker..was buying everyone a drink. As he left, someone stuck a knife in his stomach.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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