dayman

noun

day·​man

ˈdāmən,

-ˌman

plural daymen

1

: a worker paid by time rather than piecework : day laborer

2

: one (as a stagehand or sailor) who works during the daytime

Word History

First Known Use

1584, in the meaning defined above

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