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Webster 1913 Edition


Tinman

Tin′man

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Tinmen
.
A manufacturer of tin vessels; a dealer in tinware.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tinman

TIN'MAN

,
Noun.
[tin and man.] A manufacturer of tin vessels; a dealer in tin ware.

Definition 2024


tinman

tinman

See also: tin man and Tin Man

English

Noun

tinman (plural tinmen)

  1. A maker of tinware.
  2. A dealer in tinware.

Etymology 2

In allusion to the character Tin Man from the Land of Oz, who lacked a heart.

Noun

tinman (uncountable)

  1. (genetics) A master gene in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, whose absence causes the fly to develop without a heart.
    • 2000, Carl Zimmer, “The Hidden Unity of Hearts”, in Natural History, volume 109, number 3, pages 56-61:
      Tinman belongs to a special class of genes. [...] But some genes make proteins that control other genes. Some act like master switches, triggering many different genes to work together to build a structure. Tinman is one such “master gene” for the fruit fly.