holdman

Etymology

Various origins: * Occupational surname for a servant, from Middle English hold (“loyal, faithful”) + man (“man”). * Variant of the English surname Oldman. * Variant of German Holdmann.

name

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.

noun

  1. A man employed in the hold of a ship to load and unload cargo.“However, because the winch drivers' competence is more visible than the holdmen's, winch drivers are more vulnerable to supervision even though options for handling incompetence are limited contractually.”