drayman

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A man who drives drays. obsolete
  2. A deliveryman for a brewery.
    — I likewiſe delivered up my Watch, which the Emperor was very curious to ſee, and commanded two of his talleſt Yeomen of the Guards to bear it on a Pole upon their Shoulders, as Dray-Men in England do a Barrel of Ale.

词形变化

draymen plural dray-man alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English dray
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
Middle English -man
English -man
English drayman
From dray + -man.
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