linkmanEtymologyFrom link + -man. See link (“torch, light”).linkman means an adult linkboy; one bearing a torch or light. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.nounAn adult linkboy; one bearing a torch or light.A player who uses speed and dexterity to keep an attacking team's downfield progress fluid.A man who acts as a link or connection.“Sajjad Zaheer was the linkman with the literary community on behalf of the nascent communist movement of India.”A presenter who provides the connecting verbiage between a number of separate items in a broadcast.