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groundsman

British  
/ ˈɡraʊndzmən /

noun

  1. a person employed to maintain a sports ground, park, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Low and Campbell had worked together for nearly 20 years at the nearby Edradynate Estate, where Campbell was employed as head gamekeeper and Low worked as a groundsman.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

Campbell was asked by his KC Tony Lenehan about his relationship with Low, who had worked as a groundsman on the estate.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

Quite how Gautam Gambhir's words to Oval groundsman Lee Fortis on Tuesday fit into the spirit of cricket is unclear.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025

After moving there, he was the estate's groundsman and owns a parcel of land nearby and raises sheepdogs.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025

If he didn’t tell Chalker about the nets that imbecile old groundsman would be certain to stick up half a dozen sets, and there’d be no end of a row.

From The Willoughby Captains by Talbot Baines Reed

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