† backmann.
Obsolete. rare.
A follower, retainer, attendant.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun]
followereOE
youngereOE
retenantc1390
suitora1398
waitera1500
retainer1508
pursuivant1513
villein1534
consequent1550
backmanc1560
janissary1565
jackman1566
hensure1568
belonger1577
lackey1588
sequent1598
pedissequant1607
henchman1754
gesith1861
ministerialis1888
c1560 Sang again Ladyes in Maitland Poems The lairds and ladyes ryde of the toun For feir of hungerie bakmen.
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n.c1560- knife-like
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- knife-plait
- knife-playing
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- knife-polisher
- knife-rest
- knife-roller
- knife-scales
- knife-shaft
- knife-shaped
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- knife-sticking
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