单词 | bandsman |
释义 | bandsmann. a. A member of a band or company; esp. of a band of musicians. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > [noun] > member(s) of orchestra or band > member of band Pandean1804 bandsmana1842 steel bandsman1948 a1842 Cunningham My Native Vale vi I..joy'd to see the bandsmen smile. 1864 Evening Standard 29 Oct. The colours having to be given into the custody of the bandsmen alone. 1884 Weekly Times 5 Sept. 3/3 Along with them a bandsman from the steamer. b. (see quot.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > other specific mine workers chipper1747 blaster1776 tributor1778 striker1824 shifter1830 bandsman1852 back-shift1860 drifter1864 metal man1883 stower1886 wagoner1886 hard rock1922 beacher1923 1852 Tomlinson Encycl. I. 392/2 The next class of miners..are the..bandsmen or bondsmen, from the circumstance of their working in connexion with the band or flat rope by which the coal, etc. is hoisted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.a1842 |
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