point mann.

Brit.

/ˈpɔɪnt ˌman/, U.S.

/ˈpɔɪnt ˌmæn/

Inflections: Plural point men.

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

Etymology: < point n.¹ + man n.¹ With sense 3 compare earlier pointsman n.² With sense 4 compare earlier pointsman n.¹

1. Originally U.S.

a. A person who rides at the head of a herd of cattle; = pointer n. 8b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > herding of cattle > cowherd

cowherda1000

oxherd1281

geldherd1284

nowtherd1296

neatherd1301

drover1384

catcherc1400

caller?a1500

ox-boy1580

neatress1586

harrier1591

cowherdess1611

spurn-cow1614

neatherdess1648

cowgirl1753

herds-woman1818

oxman1820

ranchero1825

topsman1825

vaquero1826

herdsmaiden1829

overlander1841

cattle-herd1845

cowboy1849

buckaroo1852

stock-rider1862

pointer1869

night-herder1870

puncher1870

bull-puncher1872

outrider1872

cowpuncher1873

range man1875

cow-puncher1878

herd-boy1878

cow-girl1884

trail-herd1885

trail boss1890

nighthawk1903

point man1903

swing man1903

top hand1912

charro1926

waddy1927

cattle-puncher1928

cowpoke1928

paniolo1947

1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy iii. 28 Two riders, known as point men rode out and well back from the lead cattle.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §913/10 Point men or riders, cowboys riding near the head of a herd of cattle.

1977 M. Herr Dispatches iii. 35 Classic essential American types; point men, isolatos and outriders.

2005 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 13 Feb. 10 Two ‘point’ men, and a ‘tail’, keep stragglers on the pace.

b. Military. A soldier positioned at the head of a patrol.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier who practises drill or evolution > [noun] > others

dresser1793

coverer1796

goose-stepper1923

point man1944

1944 Yank 4 Feb. 9/1 The Jap point man was on the scene before any camouflaging could be done.

1969 I. 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.

1990 Soldier of Fortune Sept. 59/1 The pointman in Guatemala carries an Israeli flak jacket, a helmet, and sometimes a Winchester 1200, 12-gauge, pump-action shotgun loaded with buckshot.

2004 Marine Corps Gaz. July 63 The squad moved out in single file keeping our distance. I was approximately 50 meters behind the point man.

c. Sport (North American). A player who (habitually) plays in a (particular) attacking position during offensive manoeuvres; (Ice Hockey) a player positioned at the point (point n.¹ 3j); (Basketball) = point guard n. at point n.¹ Compounds 2.

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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > team or group > member of > with specific function

pivotman1782

engine room1897

swing man1903

match-winner1908

starter1911

screener1923

playmaker1931

point man1951

1951 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 24 Apr. 9/5 Centre Max Bentley [was] the greatest point man—key spot on the power play the Leafs used when they had the opposition short-handed.

1962 Arlington Heights (Virginia) Herald 22 Nov. 58/3 One guard acts as a point man at the head of the three-second lane... Most of the time, the point man starts things off by passing to the ‘feeder’ who, in turn, has the option of passing to the cutting guard or strong side forward.

1968 Los Angeles Times 18 Dec. d7/3 But the player who really makes the zone effective is the point-man, all-league guard Reggie Harris.

2004 Boston Globe 6 Apr. c8 The umbrella focuses on moving a point man to the center of the blue line with the other point man moving closer to the goal.

d. In extended use: a person (esp. a man) having an important and usually public position at the forefront of an activity or endeavour on behalf of an organization, political party, etc.

ΚΠ

1969 Washington Post 9 Dec. a20/2 The central focus is now on Willy Brandt, diplomatic scout or ‘point man’ for the West.

1978 Guardian 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.

1991 P.J. Monahan Meech Lake viii. 201 On Saturday, 19 May 1990, Prime Minister Mulroney dispatched his constitutional ‘point man’, Senator Lowell Murray, on a whirlwind tour of provincial capitals.

2004 Independent 15 Nov. (Review section) 2/2 As the point man for day-to-day updates on avian flu in Asia, Uyeki reads and files the postings and checks in with colleagues on the ground overseas.

2. Sport (North American). A player having a prominent role on a team's offence; a player who scores (many) points.

ΚΠ

1905 Manitoba Morning Free Press 14 July 14/1 Hawkshaw, the point man of the Souris [lacrosse] team, arrived in town yesterday.

1924 Indianapolis Star 13 Dec. 13/1 Maston was the visitors' high point-man, making four field goals.

1931 Lima (Ohio) News 11 May 11/6 Betteridge was high jump pointman, with 13 for firsts in the 220-yard run and broad jump and second in the 100.

1939 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 25 Apr. 18/6 Kettering was high pointman in the [athletics] meet, but he was contested closely by DuCharme, Menasha.

2001 Elyria (Ohio) Chron.-Telegram 17 Feb. d4/5 Ramirez was high point man for the second consecutive game.

3. A policeman stationed on point duty; = pointsman n.² rare.

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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > traffic policeman > on point duty

pointsman1883

point policeman1895

point constable1905

point man1927

1927 Observer 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’.

4. A person who has charge of the points on a railway; = pointsman n.¹

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society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > one in charge of points

switchman1843

pointsman1845

switch-tender1853

pointswoman1865

point man1945

1945 G. Millar Maquis ix. 180 This pointman would not presumably be antagonistic to us, since he would be an ordinary ‘cheminot’.

1966 C. Ekwensi Lokotown 35 The point-man was waving a red flag, and still the train thundered on.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	point man
释义	point mann. Brit. /ˈpɔɪnt ˌman/, U.S. /ˈpɔɪnt ˌmæn/ Inflections: Plural point men. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: point n.¹, man n.¹ Etymology: < point n.¹ + man n.¹ With sense 3 compare earlier pointsman n.² With sense 4 compare earlier pointsman n.¹ 1. Originally U.S. a. A person who rides at the head of a herd of cattle; = pointer n. 8b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > herding of cattle > cowherd cowherda1000 oxherd1281 geldherd1284 nowtherd1296 neatherd1301 drover1384 catcherc1400 caller?a1500 ox-boy1580 neatress1586 harrier1591 cowherdess1611 spurn-cow1614 neatherdess1648 cowgirl1753 herds-woman1818 oxman1820 ranchero1825 topsman1825 vaquero1826 herdsmaiden1829 overlander1841 cattle-herd1845 cowboy1849 buckaroo1852 stock-rider1862 pointer1869 night-herder1870 puncher1870 bull-puncher1872 outrider1872 cowpuncher1873 range man1875 cow-puncher1878 herd-boy1878 cow-girl1884 trail-herd1885 trail boss1890 nighthawk1903 point man1903 swing man1903 top hand1912 charro1926 waddy1927 cattle-puncher1928 cowpoke1928 paniolo1947 1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy iii. 28 Two riders, known as point men rode out and well back from the lead cattle. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §913/10 Point men or riders, cowboys riding near the head of a herd of cattle. 1977 M. Herr Dispatches iii. 35 Classic essential American types; point men, isolatos and outriders. 2005 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 13 Feb. 10 Two ‘point’ men, and a ‘tail’, keep stragglers on the pace. b. Military. A soldier positioned at the head of a patrol. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier who practises drill or evolution > [noun] > others dresser1793 coverer1796 goose-stepper1923 point man1944 1944 Yank 4 Feb. 9/1 The Jap point man was on the scene before any camouflaging could be done. 1969 I. 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. 1990 Soldier of Fortune Sept. 59/1 The pointman in Guatemala carries an Israeli flak jacket, a helmet, and sometimes a Winchester 1200, 12-gauge, pump-action shotgun loaded with buckshot. 2004 Marine Corps Gaz. July 63 The squad moved out in single file keeping our distance. I was approximately 50 meters behind the point man. c. Sport (North American). A player who (habitually) plays in a (particular) attacking position during offensive manoeuvres; (Ice Hockey) a player positioned at the point (point n.¹ 3j); (Basketball) = point guard n. at point n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > team or group > member of > with specific function pivotman1782 engine room1897 swing man1903 match-winner1908 starter1911 screener1923 playmaker1931 point man1951 1951 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 24 Apr. 9/5 Centre Max Bentley [was] the greatest point man—key spot on the power play the Leafs used when they had the opposition short-handed. 1962 Arlington Heights (Virginia) Herald 22 Nov. 58/3 One guard acts as a point man at the head of the three-second lane... Most of the time, the point man starts things off by passing to the ‘feeder’ who, in turn, has the option of passing to the cutting guard or strong side forward. 1968 Los Angeles Times 18 Dec. d7/3 But the player who really makes the zone effective is the point-man, all-league guard Reggie Harris. 2004 Boston Globe 6 Apr. c8 The umbrella focuses on moving a point man to the center of the blue line with the other point man moving closer to the goal. d. In extended use: a person (esp. a man) having an important and usually public position at the forefront of an activity or endeavour on behalf of an organization, political party, etc. ΚΠ 1969 Washington Post 9 Dec. a20/2 The central focus is now on Willy Brandt, diplomatic scout or ‘point man’ for the West. 1978 Guardian 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. 1991 P.J. Monahan Meech Lake viii. 201 On Saturday, 19 May 1990, Prime Minister Mulroney dispatched his constitutional ‘point man’, Senator Lowell Murray, on a whirlwind tour of provincial capitals. 2004 Independent 15 Nov. (Review section) 2/2 As the point man for day-to-day updates on avian flu in Asia, Uyeki reads and files the postings and checks in with colleagues on the ground overseas. 2. Sport (North American). A player having a prominent role on a team's offence; a player who scores (many) points. ΚΠ 1905 Manitoba Morning Free Press 14 July 14/1 Hawkshaw, the point man of the Souris [lacrosse] team, arrived in town yesterday. 1924 Indianapolis Star 13 Dec. 13/1 Maston was the visitors' high point-man, making four field goals. 1931 Lima (Ohio) News 11 May 11/6 Betteridge was high jump pointman, with 13 for firsts in the 220-yard run and broad jump and second in the 100. 1939 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 25 Apr. 18/6 Kettering was high pointman in the [athletics] meet, but he was contested closely by DuCharme, Menasha. 2001 Elyria (Ohio) Chron.-Telegram 17 Feb. d4/5 Ramirez was high point man for the second consecutive game. 3. A policeman stationed on point duty; = pointsman n.² rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > traffic policeman > on point duty pointsman1883 point policeman1895 point constable1905 point man1927 1927 Observer 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’. 4. A person who has charge of the points on a railway; = pointsman n.¹ ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > one in charge of points switchman1843 pointsman1845 switch-tender1853 pointswoman1865 point man1945 1945 G. Millar Maquis ix. 180 This pointman would not presumably be antagonistic to us, since he would be an ordinary ‘cheminot’. 1966 C. Ekwensi Lokotown 35 The point-man was waving a red flag, and still the train thundered on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1903
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