daysman
noun
days·man
\ˈdāzmən\
Definition of daysman
daysmen
1 [Middle English dayesman, from dayes (genitive of day day set for arbitration) + -man] archaic : umpire, arbiter neither is there any daysman betwixt us — Job 9:33 (Authorized Version)
2 archaic : day laborer
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