dragman

English

Etymology

From drag +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

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Noun

dragman (plural dragmen)

1. A fisherman who uses a dragnet.
   • 1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ:

     great riots committed by the foresters and Welsh upon the dragmen of Severn , hewing all their boats to pieces , and drowning the bargemen in a warlike posture

References

“dragman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Grandma, grandam, grandma