noun
Meaning 1
A man who wears a sandwich board.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sandwichman
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noun
Meaning 2
a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: employee
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English sandwich (board) Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English sandwichman From sandwich (board) + -man.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: sandwichmand — man who wears a sandwich board
- Dutch: sandwichman — man who wears a sandwich board
- Hungarian: szendvicsember — man who wears a sandwich board
- Japanese: サンドイッチマン — man who wears a sandwich board
- Polish: sandwichman — man who wears a sandwich board