hoyman

hoyman

English

Etymology

hoy +‎ -man

Noun

hoyman (plural hoymen)

1. One who navigates a hoy (sailing vessel).
   • c. 1613-1625, Henry Hobart, Rich v. Kneeland

     a common hoyman to carry goods by water for hire

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hoyman in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

• Haymon, Mahony