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daysman

noun
days·​man | \ ˈdāzmən\
plural daysmen

Definition of daysman

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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1530, in the meaning defined above

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