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单词 wayman
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waymann.

Brit. /ˈweɪmən/, U.S. /ˈweɪmən/
Inflections: Plural waymen.
Forms: see way n.1 and man n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: way n.1, man n.1
Etymology: < way n.1 + man n.1 With sense 2 compare slightly earlier highwayman n. With quot. 1638 at sense 2 compare classical Latin viātor traveller (see viator n.), used by the author in a Latin version of the same poem.
1. A person elected to supervise the highways of a parish or district; = waywarden n. Obsolete (historical in later use).
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > officials responsible for roads
way-serjeant1334
wayman1458
warden1486
waywarden1649
way-reeve1788
1458 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 228 General manumissions to certeyne persones, bandmen, and whamen.
1570 in J. T. Smith Parish (1857) vii. 509 Jhon Stone, Jhon Margorn, Waymen of West Ashton do give up their Accounts.
1630 in G. P. Scrope Hist. Castle Combe (1852) 336 That every housekeeper within the parish which hath noe ploughe, doe com or send one to dige or picke stones one day before the aforesayd day, being warned by the way-men.
1666 Steeple Ashton Churchwarden's Accts. in Wilts. Notes & Queries Sept. 330 Henry Flower, Robert Burges, chosen for Waymen for the yeare ensueing.
1884 E. Channing Town & County Govt. Eng. Colonies N. Amer. 20 The waymen, waywardens, surveyors, supervisors or overseers of the highways, were two in number.
1902 Polit. Sci. Q. 17 227 The surveyors of highways, familiarly known as ‘waymen’ or ‘waywardens’, occupied a comparatively simple position.
2. A highwayman. Also neutrally: a traveller by road. rare.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun]
pilgrimlOE
travellera1387
farandman14..
passengera1450
walkerc1450
voyager1477
viator?1504
journeyer1566
viadant1632
wayman1638
thwarter1693
migrant1760
inside1799
mover1810
starter1817
itinerarian1822
trekker1851
farer1881
passager1917
1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iii. sig. M6 Banish feare, remove delay man, Shew thy selfe a famous Way-man.
1717 W. Taverner Artful Husband (new ed.) v. 65 Bel. Your Ladyship won't suffer this? Sir H. She might as well keep Faith with a wayman.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Wayman, a journier.
1952 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 65 305 The numerous early statutes which call outlaws and way-men ‘Roberdsmen’.
3. A workman employed in fixing the rails of a railway; a platelayer.
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society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > track maintenance workers
gangman1830
platelayer1836
wayman1840
surfaceman1845
lineman1858
track-layera1861
track-man1881
linesman1883
track-walker1890
lengthman1902
underman1921
gandy dancer1923
snake1929
fluffer1956
1840 F. Whishaw Railways Great Brit. & Ireland 252 Waymen, who are paid by the contractors for keeping the permanent way in repair.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Oct. 7/2 A party of waymen found that a wood and iron bridge..had been..destroyed by fire.
1912 Railway Official Gaz. Feb. 219/1 A lamentable accident on the North British Railway..which befel a gang of waymen.
1970 P. W. Kingsford Victorian Railwaymen vi. 99 There were three main grades: Gangers, Platelayers or Waymen, Labourers.
2010 TendersInfo (Nexis) 8 May Over 200 waymen have been employed for the modernization and renovation of Dhaka Narayanganj Railway line.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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