Dictionary

linkman en · NOUN

Etymology

From link + -man. See link (“torch, light”).

Meanings

1. (historical) An adult linkboy; one bearing a torch or light.
2. A player who uses speed and dexterity to keep an attacking team's downfield progress fluid.
3. A man who acts as a link or connection.
   • Sajjad Zaheer was the linkman with the literary community on behalf of the nascent communist movement of India. 1997, Girja Kumar, The book on trial: fundamentalism and censorship in India, page 115:
4. A presenter who provides the connecting verbiage between a number of separate items in a broadcast.

Forms

Synonyms

torchbearer