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trailman

American  
[trayl-muhn] / ˈtreɪl mən /

noun

  • trailmen
    plural
  1. trailsman.


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Etymology

Origin of trailman

trail + man


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I tried to decide what I would have done, as a trailman, but my brain wouldn't run that way at the moment.

From The Planet Savers by Marion Zimmer Bradley

But personally—the trailmen are used to running along narrow ledges, and we're not.

From The Planet Savers by Marion Zimmer Bradley

I vaguely remembered the crash and the strange hands pulling me out of the wreckage and the weeks I'd spent, broken-bodied and delirious, gently tended by one of the red-eyed, twittering women of the trailmen.

From The Planet Savers by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Your work with the trailmen is finished, but We Hasturs committed ourselves to teach some of the Terrans our science—matrix mechanics.

From The Planet Savers by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Most of the trailmen never touched ground in their entire lives, except when crossing the passes above the snow line.

From The Planet Savers by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Darkovans call it the trailmen's fever, Dr. Forth, because the trailmen are virtually immune to it.

From The Planet Savers by Marion Zimmer Bradley

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