legmann.

Brit.

/ˈlɛɡman/, U.S.

/ˈlɛɡˌmæn/

Inflections: Plural legmen.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: leg n., man n.¹

Etymology: < leg n. + man n.¹, after legwork n.

Originally U.S.

1. Journalism. A reporter (esp. a man) who travels extensively to collect information for news stories, or to carry out other time-consuming or laborious tasks. Cf. leg woman n. 1, legwork n. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > gatherer of information

runner1744

legman1897

leg woman1941

1897 Washington Post 4 Jan. 6/4 Your ‘leg man’ now is greater than Hazlett or Macaulay would be if the latter were here, and which he ain't.

1921 Mentor 1 June 90/2 The reporter is merely a ‘leg man’ who telephones in the facts to the office where another man whips them into printable form.

1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) xi. 195 Leg men and cameramen from the Paris newspapers began tailing Nordmann and Tixier-Vignancour day and night.

1992 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Amer. 13 Dec. d5/4 He started out working as the leg man for Ron Curtis, who went on to become the dean of Syracuse's broadcast journalists.

2010 Sunday Times (Nexis) 26 Sept. 12 He found a job at The People as legman for the paper's celebrated crime correspondent Duncan Webb.

2. A person employed to perform various (generally menial or unskilled) tasks, typically involving moving from place to place or providing the material enabling someone else to complete a particular task; a runner. Cf. leg woman n. 2, legwork n. 3b.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > menial servant or drudge

drivelc1225

meniala1387

druggarc1500

drudgea1513

kitchen wencha1556

coal carrier1567

droy1570

packhorse?1577

droil1579

blue coat1583

sumpter1587

mill-horse1602

subsizar1602

jackal1649

mediastine1658

slut1664

hack1699

scrub1709

Gibeonite1798

the lion's provider1808

slush1825

Slave of the Lampc1840

runabout1893

lobby-gow1906

squidge1907

dogsbody1922

legman1939

shit-kicker1950

1939 N.Y. Times 28 Mar. 2/3 The rank-and-file political leg men of the Eighth had rallied to Mr. Edelstein to a man.

1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential ii. xii. 126 Congressman Henry Jackson, of Everett, is Nick's leg-man in Washington, running errands between the Seattle gang and the White House.

1991 D. Lamb Stolen Season iv. 55 To find those bargains, he employed two legmen with clipboards and beepers to cruise the city's forty-five sportsbooks.

2007 I. McDonald Brasyl 44 Wear your graces and weary sophistications like your fine coat and sharply folded hat, but you are nothing but a legman, a runner.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	legman
释义	legmann. Brit. /ˈlɛɡman/, U.S. /ˈlɛɡˌmæn/ Inflections: Plural legmen. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: leg n., man n.¹ Etymology: < leg n. + man n.¹, after legwork n. Originally U.S. 1. Journalism. A reporter (esp. a man) who travels extensively to collect information for news stories, or to carry out other time-consuming or laborious tasks. Cf. leg woman n. 1, legwork n. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > gatherer of information runner1744 legman1897 leg woman1941 1897 Washington Post 4 Jan. 6/4 Your ‘leg man’ now is greater than Hazlett or Macaulay would be if the latter were here, and which he ain't. 1921 Mentor 1 June 90/2 The reporter is merely a ‘leg man’ who telephones in the facts to the office where another man whips them into printable form. 1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) xi. 195 Leg men and cameramen from the Paris newspapers began tailing Nordmann and Tixier-Vignancour day and night. 1992 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Amer. 13 Dec. d5/4 He started out working as the leg man for Ron Curtis, who went on to become the dean of Syracuse's broadcast journalists. 2010 Sunday Times (Nexis) 26 Sept. 12 He found a job at The People as legman for the paper's celebrated crime correspondent Duncan Webb. 2. A person employed to perform various (generally menial or unskilled) tasks, typically involving moving from place to place or providing the material enabling someone else to complete a particular task; a runner. Cf. leg woman n. 2, legwork n. 3b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > menial servant or drudge drivelc1225 meniala1387 druggarc1500 drudgea1513 kitchen wencha1556 coal carrier1567 droy1570 packhorse?1577 droil1579 blue coat1583 sumpter1587 mill-horse1602 subsizar1602 jackal1649 mediastine1658 slut1664 hack1699 scrub1709 Gibeonite1798 the lion's provider1808 slush1825 Slave of the Lampc1840 runabout1893 lobby-gow1906 squidge1907 dogsbody1922 legman1939 shit-kicker1950 1939 N.Y. Times 28 Mar. 2/3 The rank-and-file political leg men of the Eighth had rallied to Mr. Edelstein to a man. 1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential ii. xii. 126 Congressman Henry Jackson, of Everett, is Nick's leg-man in Washington, running errands between the Seattle gang and the White House. 1991 D. Lamb Stolen Season iv. 55 To find those bargains, he employed two legmen with clipboards and beepers to cruise the city's forty-five sportsbooks. 2007 I. McDonald Brasyl 44 Wear your graces and weary sophistications like your fine coat and sharply folded hat, but you are nothing but a legman, a runner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1897
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