Tenderman

Quick meaning: Tenderman is a noun meaning (nautical) A person who works on a tender.

Meaning

(nautical) A person who works on a tender.

Example Sentences

Fishers would not have realized any gains in 1964 if shoreworkers and tendermen had not voted to cancel their newly negotiated agreements in order to support the demands of the net fleet.

How much do you think a tenderman should be paid per day? If a roe fisherman can make $20,000 on one day should the tenderman be paid at a rate per ton handled rather than so much per day?

Despite the crisis, the adrenaline that must have been feeding his own alarm, Tim managed to maintain his control and spoke in a subdued tone, assuring the tenderman and all of us that things would be okay.

Word Forms

• tendermen

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tenderer, tenderor, tender, tenderee, tugboatman, towmaster.

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