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iceman.

A person who trades in ice; a person employed to deliver block ice to those lacking electric refrigeration.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A person who trades in ice; a person employed to deliver block ice to those lacking electric refrigeration.

    historical
  2. A man who is skilled in travelling upon ice, as among glaciers.

  3. A human figure carved out of ice.

  4. An ancient human male mummified in ice.

  5. An assassin.

    slang
  6. One who is cool under pressure.

    slang
  7. A man in attendance at a frozen pond where skating etc. is going on.

    dated
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-so-der. Proto-Germanic *īsą Proto-West Germanic *īs Old English īs Middle English is English ice Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English iceman From ice + -man.

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