vanman

American  

[van-man, -muhn] / ˈvænˌmæn, -mən /

noun

• vanmen
  plural

1. a person who works on a van, especially the driver.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• vanmen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of vanman

First recorded in 1880–85; van ² + man

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

vanman vanmen

The vanman stood on the cart and slid the articles on to the shoulders of a girl, who staggered across the pavement under a load twice her size.

From Jonah by Louis Stone

“I shall leave it on the pavement, then, and M. Finsbury can arrange with the Vestry as he likes,” said the vanman.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

“It doesn’t matter who you are,” said the vanman.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

“Well, sir,” said the vanman, “I never see such a job.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

But a question: Do you really wish to meet the vanman?'

From The Wrong Box by Robert Louis Stevenson

What could occur in Wellingsford without it being known at once to vanmen and postmen and barbers and servants and masters and mistresses?

From The Red Planet by William John Locke

Who'll be the vanmen to list and carry?

From Touch and Go by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

They shout, they curse, they put their hands to their mouths trumpet wise and bellow at each other, these cabbies, vanmen, busmen, all angry at the block in the narrow way.

From The Open Air by Richard Jefferies

Carters, too, and vanmen employed by coal-merchants, builders, and other tradesmen in the town, are comparatively well off with constant work at eighteen or twenty shillings a week.

From Change in the Village by George Sturt