liveryman
Americannoun
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liverymen
plural
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an owner of or an employee in a livery stable.
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British. a freeman of the City of London, entitled to wear the livery of the ancient guild or city district to which he belongs and to vote in the election of Lord Mayor, chamberlain, and other municipal and honorary officers.
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Obsolete. a person in livery, especially a servant.
noun
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a member of a livery company
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a worker in a livery stable
Gender
See -man.
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Origin of liveryman
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His father was a liveryman and retired soldier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2025
The liveryman told the coachman, and the 'ousemaid got hit from a seamstress.
From The Siege of the Seven Suitors by Meredith Nicholson
The oath was that one was a freeman of London, a liveryman of a certain named company, had been so for 12 months, and had named his place of abode.
From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by S. A. Reilly
He summoned one particular liveryman, not a favorite at the fashionable hotel, and to him gave especial injunctions about the horses.
From The Daughter of a Magnate by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman
Beginning with the testimony of Mrs. Conklin, the liveryman Dinan, the furniture salesmen, and the agents of the Clark street flat,OFFICER BROWN. the Grand Jury traced the movements of the murderers, step by step.
From The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin by Henry M. Hunt
The A. F. S. consists of people of all classes, butchers and baronets, clerks and cooks, lawyers and liverymen.
From Time Magazine Archive
The results were sensational: for the first time in memory, liverymen removed the summertime fly nets from their horses.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the reign of James I. the sober liverymen of London decked themselves, on days of state, with chains of gold, pearl, or diamonds.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 390, September 19, 1829 by Various
I shall now give some account of the election of the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, &c., who are chosen by a majority of the liverymen.
From London in 1731 by Don Manoel Gonzales
Several white horses were owned by the liverymen in that section, but all, apparently, were satisfactorily accounted for.
From The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin by Henry M. Hunt
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