clubman

[ kluhb-muhn, -man ]

noun

, plural club·men [kluhb, -m, uh, n, -men].

1. a man who belongs to a club, especially a fashionable club, and is active in club life.

clubman

/ ˈklʌbmən /

noun

1. a man who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs

Other Words From

• clubman·ship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of clubman¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; club + man

Example Sentences

A clubman never pays an attendant for refreshment or food served.

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In 1879 a clubman would no more have thought of walking down Pall Mall in brown boots than of flying.

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Say, goin' up those stairs where I live I cert'n'ly must 'a' sounded like a well-known clubman gettin' home from an Elks' banquet.

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Our Alpine Clubman affords while in the Alps an example of almost perpetual motion.

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But why has Raymond S. Cotton, wealthy clubman and financier and prominent in north-shore society circles, disappeared?

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