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mastman en · NOUN

Etymology

From mast + -man.

Meanings

1. A sailor who is charged with tending the halyards and other lines near the mast
   • “I just said to the boys that when Australia won in Newport, they were 3-1 down, and we all know what happened there,” said Matt Mason, Team New Zealand’s mastman. 2007 July 1, Christopher Clarey, “Alinghi Within One Victory of America’s Cup”, in New York Times:

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