quarryman

quarryman

English

Etymology

quarry +‎ -man

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔɹ.i.mən/

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Noun

quarryman (plural quarrymen)

1. A man involved in quarrying (mining for stone).
   • 1981, John Sheail, Rural Conservation in Inter-war Britain

     He then described how a quarryman had bought the mineral rights of an estate at Melkridge, on the route of the Roman Wall, for twenty-one years.