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bandsman

American  
[bandz-muhn] / ˈbændz mən /

noun

plural

bandsmen

  1. a musician who plays in a band.

bandsman British  
/ ˈbændzmən /

noun

  1. a player in a musical band, esp a brass or military band

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Gender

Is bandsman gender-neutral? See -man.

Etymology

Origin of bandsman

First recorded in 1835–45; band 1 + 's 1 + -man

Example Sentences

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Like his boy, Ross was himself the only son of an itinerant musician, an orphaned military and later ocean-liner bandsman.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2015

The bandsman was working locally as an army recruiter.

From Reuters • May 24, 2013

In college, he joined the Army Reserve as a bandsman, playing the alto saxophone, and was later called into active duty and sent to Fort Bragg, N.C., where he made the pistol team.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2013

The musician chosen for this legendary broadcast was bandsman James Tappern.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2011

Soon afterwards that man was soundly converted, and is to-day an Army bandsman, while the elder child who was wheeled in the perambulator, is a corps cadet.

From The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" by Carpenter, Minnie Lindsay Rowell

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