bandsman

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a musician who plays in a band, especially a brass or military band

   Each bandsman polished his instrument before the parade began.

2. 2
   noun

   historical: a laborer working as part of an organized band or gang

   The bandsman helped load the cut timber onto the cart.

Formed from band + the connecting -s- + man. Its dominant sense names a member of a musical band, particularly a military or brass ensemble; some occupational dialects also used it for a worker belonging to an organized laboring band.

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