Dragsman

Quick meaning: Dragsman is a noun meaning One who drags a body of water in search of something that is submerged.

Meaning

One who drags a body of water in search of something that is submerged.

More Meanings

1. One who moves the carts or sledges at a mine; a putter.
2. One who lays down the scent trail for a hunt.
3. (historical) A driver of a carriage, coach, or drag, for public transport, private hire, or as a household servant; coachman.
4. (obsolete) One who races horses; an amateur jockey.
5. (historical) A thief who cuts the luggage from carriages.

Example Sentences

He could make as good a book as most men, throw a main, and play a fair game of whist ; was a very pretty dragsman, and could fight a few.

The Oxford and Cambridge men were first-rate dragsmen, and many a reverend who may now devote his leisure to "coaching" youths for college or the Army was then "coaching" very different teams.

The man was of the old school and held a very poor opinion, so her papa said, of the new flashman types—men like Gunnet, who despite his coarse features was one of Mr Cameron's most elegant dragsmen.

For the rest, most are men of wit and pleasure, given to gallantry and joking; in the former, their success is notorious; the "bonnes fortunes" of a swell dragsman would shame many a roué in fashionable life.

Word Forms

• dragsmen

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include drayperson, stagecoachman, cabdriver, dragger, coachmaster, driver.

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