bridgeman

[ brij-muhn ]

/ ˈbrɪdʒ mən /

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noun, plural bridge·men.

a person who works on a bridge or on the construction of bridges.

a person who manages the loading and unloading of ferries at a landing dock.

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Origin of bridgeman

First recorded in 1640–50; bridge¹ + -man

Is bridgeman gender-neutral? See -man.

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Well, Bridgeman isn't back and Tam said he saw him nose-dive behind the German trenches.
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Jessie Bridgeman was the only member of Christabel's circle who refrained from any expression of approval.
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Without Jessie Bridgeman, Mrs. Tregonell would have been companionless in a house full of people.
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But to Jessie Bridgeman, who had been with them in the halcyon days of their love-making, she was still Christabel.
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There sat Jessie Bridgeman, the dragon of prudery placed within call, but was any woman safer for the presence of a duenna?
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