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Webster 1913 Edition


Pressman

Press′man

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Pressmen
.
1.
One who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing press.
2.
One who presses clothes;
as, a tailor’s
pressman
.

Press′man

,
Noun.
[See 2d
Press
.]
One of a press gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval service; also, one forced into the service.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pressman

PRESS'MAN

,
Noun.
In printing, the man who manages the press and impresses the sheets.
1.
One of a press-gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval service.

Definition 2024


pressman

pressman

English

Noun

pressman (plural pressmen)

  1. someone who operates a printing press
  2. a journalist or newspaper reporter
  3. one who pressgangs people into naval service
  4. one who presses clothes
    a tailor's pressman