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boardsman.

A member (especially male) of a board (governing body).

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A member (especially male) of a board (governing body).

    dated
  2. A surfer.

  3. A record producer; one who works a mixing board.

  4. A high diver.

    dated
  5. A basketball player who excels at rebounds.

  6. A sailor on a smack whose job is to bait and shoot the lines

  7. One who rides on the boards of a log canoe in order to balance it.

  8. One who wears a sandwich board.

    dated
  9. A chess player.

  10. A player of draughts/checkers

    dated
  11. One who assembles the frames of a ship.

  12. One who prepares wigs or artificial hair.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From board + -s- + man.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.