safety mann.
/ˈseɪftɪ man/, U.S. /ˈseɪfti ˌmæn/ 1. A person responsible for safety, esp. in a place of work; (Mining) a person who guards a temporarily disused mineshaft until work is resumed; (also) a person who keeps a mine free of flooding by underground water.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [noun] > making safe > person responsible for safety
safety officer1860
safety man1877
safety engineer1901
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > mine safety workers
fireman1817
fire boss1869
safety man1877
timber-leader1891
1877 J. A. Dacus Ann. Great Strikes U.S. xxx. 426 A company of Safety-men were fired on by hoodlums.
1915 R. R. Bailey Sure Pop & Safety Scouts xviii. 111 The man..was one of the Safety men who gave all his time to making the steel mills safer for the thousands of workmen.
1928 Sunday Disp. 23 Dec. 3/4 These officials, known as ‘safety men’, will eat their dinner in semi-darkness hundreds of feet below the surface of the earth.
1962 C. Forsyte Diving Death xx. 161 As Left began to get into his diving things again he wished..that somebody could be left in the boat as safety man.
1995 P. Brunner & S. Salzedo Briefcase on Contract Law iii. 60 The job of the safety men was to operate the pumps which kept the mines free from the water which would otherwise flood them.
2006 R. E. Hartley & D. Kenney Death Underground ii. x. 164 Safety man ‘Chalk’ Walker and night mine manager Wilfred McDaniels gave detailed descriptions of their lengthy periods of rescue work.
2. American Football. = safety n. 11.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > types of player
side tackle1809
nose guard1852
rusher1877
goalkicker1879
quarterback1879
runner1880
quarter1883
full back1884
left guard1884
snap-back1887
snapper-back1887
running back1891
tackle1891
defensive end1897
guard1897
interferer1897
receiver1897
defensive back1898
defensive tackle1900
safety man1901
ball carrier1902
defensive lineman1902
homebrew1903
offensive lineman1905
lineman1907
returner1911
signal caller1915
rover1916
interference1920
punt returner1926
pass rusher1928
tailback1930
safety1931
blocker1935
faker1938
scatback1946
linesman1947
flanker1953
platoon player1953
corner-back1955
pulling guard1955
split end1955
return man1957
slot-back1959
strong safety1959
wide receiver1960
line-backer1961
pocket passer1963
tight end1963
run blocker1967
wideout1967
blitzer1968
1901 F. Presbrey & J. H. Moffatt Athletics at Princeton 398/2 The end was used as a safety man in case of a fumble and to help shove the back when tackled.
1931 K. K. Rockne Coaching iii. 19 In catching punts the safety man stands with both feet flat on the ground.
1972 J. Mosedale Football ix. 135 He scored from four yards out, running straight over the safety man.
2005 Washington Post (Nexis) 23 Nov. (Sports section) e7 He's as good a safety man as there is in the league.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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