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gangsman en · NOUN

Etymology

From gang + -s- + -man.

Meanings

1. A member of a gang of workers, especially at a dock; a dock porter.
2. Someone in charge of a gang of workers; a foreman.
3. A gangster.
   • The gangsman, as a rule, is stunted and slight of build. 1915, PG Wodehouse, Psmith, Journalist, Everyman 2008, p. 107

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