shoremann.
/ˈʃɔːmən/ 1. A dweller on the seashore.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller beside sea
coast-man1580
maritimea1600
sea-borderer1599
sea-boarder1611
coaster1612
shoreman1650
Paralian1724
Orarian1869
bayman1904
cover1905
1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xlix. 13) 376 Shore men are said to be horridi, immanes.
1785 Ann. Reg. 1783 Hist. Europe 120/2 A little army was formed..composed of 80 American rangers,..of 500 shore-men, whites and negroes, and 600 Musquito Indians.
1839 Times 2 Sept. 4/1 The enthusiasm of the Kentish shoremen spread rapidly into the adjacent districts.
2. One who is employed on shore in the business of a fishery: see quot. 1883.See also quot. 1690; but it is doubtful whether the explanation there given is correct.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in specific place > [noun] > on the shore
shoreman1690
water boy1722
Jack in the water1826
beach-man1867
tidesman1882
1690 J. Child Disc. Trade x. 202 There being employed in that Trade two hundred and fifty Ships, which might carry about ten thousand Sea-men, Fisher-men and Shore men, as they usually call the younger Persons, which were never before at Sea.
1761 Ann. Reg., Chron. 188/2 Who are the chief people among the fishermen and shoremen, being the catchers and curers of fish.
1792 G. Cartwright Jrnl. I. Gloss. p. xiv Shoremen, the people who are employed on shore, to head, split, and salt the codfish.
1872 T. De W. Talmage Serm. 56 Some plain shoresman in rough fishing smack..brings them ashore in safety.
1883 G. B. Goode Rev. Fishery Industries U.S. 22 To the class of ‘shoresmen’ belong (1) the capitalists who furnish supplies and apparatus for the use of the active fishermen; (2) the shopkeepers from whom they purchase provisions and clothing; and (3) the skilled labourers who manufacture for them articles of apparel [etc.].
3. One who makes his living by shooting on the shore; a shore-gunner.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooter > [noun] > shore-shooter
shore-popper1826
shore-gunner1859
shore-shooter1880
shore-fowler1882
shoreman1882
1882 R. Payne-Gallwey Fowler in Ireland 348 Once offend the shoremen,..and your sport is spoilt in that locality for years to come.
4. A landsman.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > land-dweller
landman1480
landsman1667
land-loper1694
landlubber1752
landswoman1837
shoreman1888
Hampstead Heath sailor1889
1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow iii. iv. 170 We are not like shore-men, we old, tough tarry-Johns!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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shore-man
c. attributive, as shore-man, shore-worker.
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1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 150/2 The persons who are in the habit of searching the sewers, call themselves ‘shore-men’ or ‘shore-workers’.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 151/2 The shore-workers, when about to enter the sewers, provide themselves..with a canvas apron, [etc.].
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