iceman

[ahys-man]

noun

plural

icemen 

1. a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.

Word History and Origins

Origin of iceman¹

First recorded in 1835–45; ice + man

Example Sentences

His father was a sheet-metal worker, an iceman and eventually a high school shop teacher and dean.

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Nicknamed Ötzi, after the valley where he was found, the iceman became a sensation — capturing the imagination of people around the world and giving scientists unprecedented insight into ancient Europeans.

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But ancient DNA research has advanced since then, so scientists decided to take another look at the iceman’s genes, explained study author Johannes Krause, a geneticist at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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After all, they’ve been raised by a woman who says things like: “Don’t touch the cooler in the bathroom. It’s got iceman samples in it.”

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The new analysis suggests the iceman’s dramatic death, shot in the back with an arrow, remains the most unusual aspect of the find.

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