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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Etymology
Origin of liveryman
Example Sentences
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His father was a liveryman and retired soldier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2025
A telegram was despatched to a Columbus carriage manufactory, and an appointment made with the liveryman to go next day to a neighboring farm and inspect some horseflesh.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth
The Crumville liveryman at once notified Ben and the local police, and the boy and an officer accompanied him to Centertown.
From Dave Porter and His Double Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune by Stratemeyer, Edward
The liveryman, who held the reins, presently pulled up his team and Prescott; stopping his binder, waited to be addressed.
From Prescott of Saskatchewan by Dunton, W. Herbert
He turned the problem over in his mind, and after they came home he went out and had a conversation with the liveryman.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth
The results were sensational: for the first time in memory, liverymen removed the summertime fly nets from their horses.
From Time Magazine Archive
The A. F. S. consists of people of all classes, butchers and baronets, clerks and cooks, lawyers and liverymen.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Common Hall on Midsummer Day is for election by the liverymen of the two Sheriffs and various minor officials.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
The franchise is confined to liverymen of a year's standing, who have paid their livery fines in full, without receiving any drawback or allowance.
From The Corporation of London, Its Rights and Privileges by Allen, William Ferneley
The rainy season had not set in in earnest, and, although farmers complained, the liverymen were well pleased that the roads were conducive to pleasure drives.
From The Bail Jumper by Stead, Robert J. C.
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