netman
Americannoun
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a tennis player.
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Tennis. the partner in a doubles game who stands near the net in the forward part of the court.
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Gonzales advised the U.S. pair to go into tandem alignment; i.e., have the netman play on the same side of the court as the server, force Fraser to return service down the sideline.
From Time Magazine Archive
If he dislikes to meet a netman, go to the net.
From The Art of Lawn Tennis by Tilden, William (Bill) Tatem
Society milled about the Meadow Club, at Southampton, L. L, babbled on the verandah, clinked its iced drinks, watched leading amateur netmen exert themselves for the Meadow Club Bowl on courts of greenest grass.
From Time Magazine Archive
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