beltmann.
/ˈbɛltmən/, U.S. /ˈbɛltmən/, /ˈbɛltˌmæn/, Australian English /ˈbeltmən/, New Zealand English /ˈbeltmən/ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > military servant > [noun]
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1869 Med. Times & Gaz. 16 Jan. 62/2 His messing cost him three rupees per month; his washing, shoeblack, and barber, one and a quarter rupee; a belt man, with pipeclay, a quarter rupee.
2. A person who makes or maintains belts for machinery (see belt n.1 12); spec. (in Mining) a person responsible for the supervision and maintenance of a conveyor belt at a coal face.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > operating specific machinery
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1880 Rep. Admin. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1879–80 32 At the close of the year the corps of artificers was composed as follows..: Beltmen.., Engine-drivers, [etc.].
1891 Power July 2/1 A friend of the writer was talking with a belt manufacturer the other day and in the course of conversation the belt man said, [etc.].
1900 West Australian (Perth) 15 Aug. 2/4 He [sc. the plaintiff] was beltman at the defendant company's mine in October last year.
1930 Southern Power Jrnl. Dec. 88/1 Our Belt Maintenance Program at each of our larger [textile] mills calls for the employment of a full time Belt Man.
1997 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 1 May Mr John Gorman was..an underground beltman until last autumn.
2014 Sunday Mail (Glasgow) (Nexis) 2 Mar. I became a beltman, repairing the conveyor belt that the coal went on, and I loved it.
3. Australian and New Zealand. A member of a surf life-saving team who swims out to a person in difficulty, wearing a belt attached to a long line by which the two can be pulled to safety.
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the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] > one who rescues or delivers > from drowning
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1908 Austral. Star (Sydney) 25 Feb. 2/3 A squad of the brigade gave a very realistic practice, sending out patient, rescuer, and beltman.
1918 Newcastle (New S. Wales) Morning Herald 19 Jan. 8/4 By the time the beltman reached him, he was safe in 3 or 4 feet of water.
2010 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 13 Jan. Each team will draw marbles to decide whether they will be linesmen, reelman, patient or beltman for the contest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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