Foretopman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Foretopman is a noun meaning (nautical) A sailor who controls the masts in the foretop.
Meaning
(nautical) A sailor who controls the masts in the foretop.
Example Sentences
It was a warm night for the latitude; and the Foretopman, whose watch at the time was properly below, was dozing on the uppermost deck whither he had ascended from his hot hammock
WHEN Jimmy Fallon showed up on NBC ’s “Late Night” last week without a sidekick, it looked like yet another sign that the Ed McMahon era is over; so many talk show hosts work solo that the second-banana position seems almost as obsolete as the foretopman or the Linotype operator.
Word Forms
- foretopmen
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mastman, torpedoman, sheetsman, timoneer, helmsman, towmaster.
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