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Definition of reedman in English: reedman(also reedsman) noun 1English regional (East Anglian), a person who cuts, prepares, and sells reed for thatching. 2Chiefly Jazz, a player of a reed instrument.
OriginLate 18th century; earliest use found in William Marshall (bap. 1745, d. 1818), agricultural writer and land agent. From reed + man; in form reedsman from the genitive of reed + man. Definition of reedman in US English: reedman(also reedsman) noun 1English regional (East Anglian), a person who cuts, prepares, and sells reed for thatching. 2Chiefly Jazz, a player of a reed instrument.
OriginLate 18th century; earliest use found in William Marshall (bap. 1745, d. 1818), agricultural writer and land agent. From reed + man; in form reedsman from the genitive of reed + man. |