floorman

American  

[flawr-muhn, flohr-] / ˈflɔr mən, ˈfloʊr- /

noun

• floormen
  plural

1. a floor manager.

2. any person who represents a management, as in assisting customers or maintaining a smooth business operation.

3. a laborer, mechanic, or maintenance worker hired to do heavy work, as in a factory or oil field.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• floormen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of floorman

First recorded in 1910–15; floor + -man

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

floorman floormen

Abashed, the floorman dove into the nearest drift of ticker-tape.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Merrill called the floorman and asked about her.

From Mary Jane: Her Book by Clara Ingram Judson

John fought his way to the nearest floorman, a white-haired veteran of many such rush seasons.

From A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life by Herman Gastrell Seely

"There's no need of your hunting on any other floor," said Mrs. Merrill as the floorman suggested that maybe Mary Jane had gone to hunt her father and had lost her way.

From Mary Jane: Her Book by Clara Ingram Judson

Don't you be afraid, little girl," said the floorman, in great relief, "we like little girls who know enough not to get lost.

From Mary Jane: Her Book by Clara Ingram Judson

Besides, there is the adrenaline of it: a fatiguing 12-hour day watching over his loyal floormen from a swivel-chaired aerie has to be as heady for Walter Cronkite as describing five blast-offs Into space.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of the floormen looked at me curiously since I didn't normally touch dice, but whatever he thought he kept to himself.

From Noble Redman by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone

Five occupations—those of cutters, floormen, flyboys, plate printers, and web pressmen—give employment to fewer than 40 men each.

From Wage Earning and Education by Rufus Rolla Lutz